--- title: Git v2.56.0 released | daily.dev description: Git 2.56.0 has shipped with 748 non-merge commits from 104 contributors, 39 of them first-time committers. Notable additions include a safer... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/git-v2-56-0-released-yrlvvjhvm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Git v2.56.0 released | daily.dev og:description: Git 2.56.0 has shipped with 748 non-merge commits from 104 contributors, 39 of them first-time committers. Notable additions include a safer... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/git-v2-56-0-released-yrlvvjhvm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YRLVvJHvM.png og:image:alt: Git v2.56.0 released og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Git v2.56.0 released **[LWN.net](https://daily.dev/sources/lwn)** · 59 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Git 2.56.0 has shipped with 748 non-merge commits from 104 contributors, 39 of them first-time committers. Notable additions include a safer conflict-resolution workflow via 'git add --resolved', smaller path-walk repacks, a new experimental 'git history drop' subcommand to remove a commit and replay descendants onto its parent, a new 'git refs' toolbox with create/delete/update/rename subcommands, typo detection for commands like 'git push origin/main', and a 'branch --delete-merged' option. Internally, extensive refactoring continued to remove global state dependencies (like the_repository), pluggable object database backends, and Windows build changes switching from MINGW64 to UCRT64. Numerous bug fixes address memory leaks, segfaults, and Coverity-flagged issues. Full release notes and changelogs are linked from git-scm.com and the GitHub blog. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new features were added in Git 2.56.0? Git 2.56.0 adds a safer conflict-resolution workflow through 'git add --resolved', smaller path-walk repacks, a new experimental 'git history drop' subcommand that removes a commit and replays its descendants onto its parent, a 'git refs' toolbox with create/delete/update/rename subcommands, typo detection for commands like 'git push origin/main', and a 'branch --delete-merged' option. _Track new Git commands and workflow changes like these on daily.dev before upgrading your tooling._ ### When was Git 2.55 released compared to Git 2.56? Git 2.55.0 was released in June, and Git 2.56.0 followed roughly three months later with 748 non-merge commits contributed by 104 developers, 39 of whom were first-time contributors to the project. _Developers tracking Git's release cadence can follow version changes like this on daily.dev._ ### What changed in Git's Windows build system in version 2.56.0? Git 2.56.0 switches the Windows build from the MINGW64 runtime to the UCRT64 runtime, with the CMake-based build updated at the same time to match. This is part of a broader set of Git for Windows patches upstreamed in this release, including build simplifications for MinGW/MSYS2 and allowing git.exe to run directly without a wrapper process. _Windows-based Git contributors can keep tabs on build toolchain shifts like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Looking forward to Git 2.56 - and 3.0](https://daily.dev/posts/looking-forward-to-git-2-56---and-3-0-h3in0tamj) · Lobsters · 3 upvotes · 2 comments - [Highlights from Git 2.52](https://daily.dev/posts/highlights-from-git-2-52-4qkhhmx3p) · GitHub Blog · 98 upvotes · 1 comments - [Git 2.56-rc0 Released With Updated Contribution Guidelines, Improvements For Swift](https://daily.dev/posts/git-2-56-rc0-released-with-updated-contribution-guidelines-improvements-for-swift-ycuj0vo5e) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Git 2.54.0 released](https://daily.dev/posts/git-2-54-0-released-zxgcvkj05) · LWN.net · 43 upvotes · 4 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git), [#version-control](https://daily.dev/tags/version-control) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/git-v2-56-0-released-yrlvvjhvm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Git v2.56.0 released","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/git-v2-56-0-released-yrlvvjhvm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/git-v2-56-0-released-yrlvvjhvm"},"datePublished":"2026-09-28T17:38:43.378Z","dateModified":"2026-09-28T18:11:08.022Z","description":"Git 2.56.0 has shipped with 748 non-merge commits from 104 contributors, 39 of them first-time committers. 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