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I got to know that msysgit is phased out. But when looking at the release page of Git for Windows, I only see pre-releases. So why are there no final releases of Git for Windows?

SpaceTrucker
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  • As the release titles say, they are *release candidates*. The project is still young and these are the first ever releases, so there’s bound to be a few problems which first need to be solved before the releases become final and recommended for everyone to use. – poke Jul 30 '15 at 07:02
  • The release is now out: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.5.0.windows.1 – VonC Aug 19 '15 at 14:34

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See issue 12: the new "git for Windows" is not yet stable enough.
I mentioned it in "Why is it that if you download Git 2.0 from the net, you always get a 1.9.4 installer package?".

Git (for Windows) 2.5 itself still has issue just to be compiled (issues/257)

EDIT:
The first release of Git for Windows is now (August 18th, 2015) available.

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VonC
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  • From the link to issue 12 I found that there is the milestone [First release of Git for Windows generated using the new SDK](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/milestones/First%20release%20of%20Git%20for%20Windows%20generated%20using%20the%20new%20SDK) which has at the time of writing 4 open issues. – SpaceTrucker Jul 30 '15 at 07:03
  • @SpaceTrucker Exactly, including the 257 I mention in the answer. – VonC Jul 30 '15 at 07:05