Information collected and transmitted by Git Extensions

We would like your permission to collect a little information about how you use Git Extensions. This will help us to make the application better. You can opt-out any time.

First, a reminder: Git Extensions is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement.

For telemetry we employ Microsoft Application Insights. The information is collected on rolling basis, and is stored for a limited amount of time. Here's a breakdown of all the information we may collect via the Application Insights.

Application-Level

Includes:

• Exception information (could, in rare cases, contain paths on your computer)
• App version number (e.g. 2.0.x.x)
• Is portable version
• Build type (whether the application is an official release build or not)
• Selected layout settings (such as visibility of the left panel, commit info position etc)
• Change of selected layout settings
• Git version (e.g. 2.19.0)
• SSH client (e.g. OpenSSH or PuTTY)
• SSH client path (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\GitExtensions\PuTTY\plink.exe)

Operating System-Level

Includes:

• OS version (e.g. Windows 10.0.17763.0)
• .NET CLR version (e.g. 4.0.30319.42000)
• .NET SDK version (e.g. dotnet:2.10.0-24102)
• Current culture
• Current UI culture
• Number of monitors
• Resolution of all monitors
• Primary monitor DPI / scale factor