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There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the warning included in ac33519. Since introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however, I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file that Git wants to write out).

In ac33519 (mingw: restrict file handle inheritance only on Windows
7 and later, 2019-11-22), I introduced code to safe-guard the
defense-in-depth handling that restricts handles' inheritance so that it
would work with Windows 7, too.

Let's revert this patch: Git for Windows dropped supporting Windows 7 (and
Windows 8) directly after Git for Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

Actually, on second thought: revert only the part that makes this handle
inheritance restriction logic optional and that suggests to open a bug
report if it fails, but keep the fall-back to try again without said
logic: There have been a few false positives over the past few years
(where the warning was triggered e.g. because Defender was still
accessing a file that Git wanted to overwrite), and the fall-back logic
seems to have helped occasionally in such situations.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
@dscho
dscho requested review from mjcheetham and rimrul March 4, 2025 11:12
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dscho merged commit 1424e27 into git-for-windows:main Mar 4, 2025
@dscho dscho added this to the Next release milestone Mar 4, 2025
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 4, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 4, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 4, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 4, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 4, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
dscho added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 5, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
dscho added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 5, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 5, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
dscho added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 5, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
dscho added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 5, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
dscho added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 5, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
dscho added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 5, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 6, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 6, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 6, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 6, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 6, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 8, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 8, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 8, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 8, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 11, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 11, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
@dscho
dscho deleted the drop-warning-about-restricting-handles branch March 11, 2025 17:13
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 11, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 12, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 12, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 13, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 13, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 14, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
dscho added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 14, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 14, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 14, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 14, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 17, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 17, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 17, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 18, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 19, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 19, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 19, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 24, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 26, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 26, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 26, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
dscho added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 26, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 28, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 28, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 28, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
git-for-windows-ci pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 29, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
dscho added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 31, 2025
…ows 7 and earlier (#5460)

There has been a slow but steady stream of bug reports triggered by the
warning included in ac33519. Since
introducing the escape hatch for Windows 7 in that same patch, however,
I have not seen a single report that pointed to the kind of bug I
anticipated when writing that warning message.

Let's drop this warning, as well as the escape hatch: Git for Windows
dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for
Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.

For good measure, let's keep the fall-back, though: It sometimes helps
work around issues (e.g. when Defender still holds a handle on a file
that Git wants to write out).
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