Git for Windows v2.11.0(2) Changes since Git for Windows v2.11.0 (December 1st 2016) New Features * Reading a large index has been speeded up using pthreads. * The checkout operation was speeded up for the common cases. * The status operation was made faster in large worktrees with many changes. * The diff operation saw performance improvements when working on a huge number of renamed files. * PuTTY's plink.exe can now be used in GIT_SSH_COMMAND without jumping through hoops, too. * The MSYS2 runtime was synchronized with Cygwin 2.6.1. Bug Fixes * Non-ASCII characters are now shown properly again in Git Bash. * Implicit NTLM authentication works again when accessing a remote repository via HTTP/HTTPS without having to specify empty user name and password. * Our poll() emulation now uses 64-bit tick counts to avoid the (very rare) wraparound issue where it could miscalculate time differences every 49 days. * The --no-lock-index option of git status is now also respected also in submodules. * The regression of v2.11.0 where Git could no longer push to shared folders via UNC paths is fixed. * A bug in the MSYS2 runtime where it performed POSIX->Windows argument conversion incorrectly was fixed. * The MSYS2 runtime was prepared to access the FAST_CWD internal data structure in upcoming Windows versions. * Fixed a bug in the experimental builtin difftool where it would not handle copied/renamed files properly.