diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-11-21-19-50-18.gh-issue-98629.tMmB_B.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-11-21-19-50-18.gh-issue-98629.tMmB_B.rst
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+Fix initialization of :data:`sys.version` and ``sys._git`` on Windows
diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
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