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Git for Windows dropped Windows 7 support a long time ago. This patch was carried in Git for Windows without making it upstream, and exists exclusively to support Windows 7 users. Therefore it can now go enjoy its retirement. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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Git for Windows dropped Windows 7 support a long time ago. There is a patch (introduced in #5042 and in #5059) to detect when Git LFS failed to start because of lack of Windows 7 support (which was lost somewhat surprisingly, via a Go upgrade that slipped that change in), and to provid a helpful message to the user in that instance. Since Git for Windows itself does not support Windows 7 anymore, that patch is no longer necessary, either.
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Git for Windows dropped Windows 7 support a long time ago. There is a patch (introduced in #5042 and in #5059) to detect when Git LFS failed to start because of lack of Windows 7 support (which was lost somewhat surprisingly, via a Go upgrade that slipped that change in), and to provid a helpful message to the user in that instance. Since Git for Windows itself does not support Windows 7 anymore, that patch is no longer necessary, either.
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Git for Windows dropped Windows 7 support a long time ago. There is a patch (introduced in #5042 and in #5059) to detect when Git LFS failed to start because of lack of Windows 7 support (which was lost somewhat surprisingly, via a Go upgrade that slipped that change in), and to provid a helpful message to the user in that instance. Since Git for Windows itself does not support Windows 7 anymore, that patch is no longer necessary, either.
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Git for Windows dropped Windows 7 support a long time ago. There is a patch (introduced in #5042 and in #5059) to detect when Git LFS failed to start because of lack of Windows 7 support (which was lost somewhat surprisingly, via a Go upgrade that slipped that change in), and to provid a helpful message to the user in that instance. Since Git for Windows itself does not support Windows 7 anymore, that patch is no longer necessary, either.
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Git for Windows dropped Windows 7 support a long time ago. There is a patch (introduced in #5042 and in #5059) to detect when Git LFS failed to start because of lack of Windows 7 support (which was lost somewhat surprisingly, via a Go upgrade that slipped that change in), and to provid a helpful message to the user in that instance. Since Git for Windows itself does not support Windows 7 anymore, that patch is no longer necessary, either.
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Git for Windows dropped Windows 7 support a long time ago. There is a patch (introduced in #5042 and in #5059) to detect when Git LFS failed to start because of lack of Windows 7 support (which was lost somewhat surprisingly, via a Go upgrade that slipped that change in), and to provid a helpful message to the user in that instance. Since Git for Windows itself does not support Windows 7 anymore, that patch is no longer necessary, either.
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Git for Windows dropped Windows 7 support a long time ago.
There is a patch (introduced in #5042 and in #5059) to detect when Git LFS failed to start because of lack of Windows 7 support (which was lost somewhat surprisingly, via a Go upgrade that slipped that change in), and to provid a helpful message to the user in that instance.
Since Git for Windows itself does not support Windows 7 anymore, that patch is no longer necessary, either.