How to create a Windows Release
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A setup executable is named as follows

 - it starts with Git;
 - followed by the Git for Windows version of the form A.B.C.D where
   A.B.C is the Git version on which the release is based, and
   A.B.C.windows.D is the tag in Git for Windows' repository
 - followed by the "bitness", i.e. "-32-bit" or "-64-bit"

Examples:

Git-2.3.5.3-64-bit.exe

There are not necessary Git for Windows releases for each official Git
version. A Git for Windows release is tagged by a tag having a postfix
'.windows.[0-9]+'.

Here is a step-by-step instruction for the maintainer:

   # perform a merging rebase
   cd /usr/src/git
   git remote add git https://github.com/git/git
   git fetch git
   git checkout master
   BASE="$(git rev-parse ":/Start the merging-rebase")"
   ../build-extra/./shears.sh --merging --onto <git-tag> $BASE

   # check diff of diff (before vs after merging rebase)
   git diff <gittag>..origin/master > prev.diff
   git diff <gittag>..master > curr.diff
   git diff --no-index prev.diff curr.diff

   # verify that the test suite passes
   make -j5 all
   cd t
   /usr/bin/time prove -j 5 --state=failed,save ./t[0-9]*.sh

   # tag the new version
   git tag -a <git-tag>.windows.<number>
   git push origin <git-tag>.windows.<number>

   # package the new version
   cd /usr/src/MINGW-packages/mingw-w64-git
   makepkg-mingw -s

   # publish the new packages
   /usr/src/build-extra/pacman-mirror.sh fetch
   /usr/src/build-extra/pacman-mirror.sh add mingw-w64-*<version>*
   /usr/src/build-extra/pacman-mirror.sh push

   # ensure current setup is up-to-date (including the Git packages)
   pacman -Syu
   # on 32-bit, quit all MSys shells and run \autorebase.bat now

   # make installer (after updating the release notes)
   /usr/src/build-extra/installer/release.sh <git-for-windows-version>

   # upload to GitHub
   /usr/src/build-extra/upload-to-github.sh <git-tag>.windows.<number> \
	~/Git-<version>*.exe

   # Reply to Junio's announcement.
   # Start the subject of your email with '[ANNOUNCE]'.