Release Notes Highlights

Requires: .NET 6.0 Desktop Runtime v6.0.22 or later

• Git 2.41 is recommended
• Various performance improvements
• Various UI improvements
• Improvements to Git Commandlog dialog
• Improvements to the Rebase dialog
• Allow "Save as..." multiple files
• Editor can now move line up/down with ALT + UP and ALT + DOWN
• OpenSSH to use SSH_ASKPASS if a password is requested (requires OpenSSH 8.4 or higher; no effect for older versions of OpenSSH)
• Auto-set GE as editor only in current environment
• More user friendly handling for "Could not load file or assembly" exceptions
• JIRA plugin now supports personal access tokens
• Vertical tab (SHIFT + ENTER) is now treated as a line feed
• Add support to build GE for Windows on Arm64 (WoA). This, however, requires manual build.

Full change log: https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/blob/v4.2-rc1/GitUI/Resources/ChangeLog.md#version-42-21-oct-2023