winget doesn't go from highest to lowest dependency version to resolve installer

[MagicAndre1981]

Git for Windows removed x86 support some time ago, but TortoiseGit still supports it. As it turns out, when define Git.Git as dependency winget only tries the latest Git version which is 64, arm64 only now and fails to resolve x86 installer:

2025-11-28 08:45:09.026 [CLI ] Market Filter created with market: DE
2025-11-28 08:45:09.026 [CLI ] Locale Comparator created with Required Locales: [] , Preferred Locales: [de-DE] , IsInstalledLocale: 0
2025-11-28 08:45:09.026 [CLI ] Architecture Comparator created with allowed architectures: [X86, Neutral]
2025-11-28 08:45:09.026 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:45:09.027 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:45:09.027 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:45:09.027 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:45:09.027 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:45:09.028 [CLI ] No suitable installer found for manifest Git.Git with version 2.52.0
2025-11-28 08:45:09.028 [REPO] Search request meets optimized search criteria.

but trying to install git works fine as it picks the latest version 2.48.1 with x86 installer:

And winget always trying to use last version of dependency and can't fall back to older matching version. But during normal install winget fins the best matching version starting from newest down to older versions until it finds the correct installer:

2025-11-28 08:48:35.629 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/Git/Git/2.52.0/eae0]
2025-11-28 08:48:35.629 [YAML] Detected UTF-8
2025-11-28 08:48:35.631 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:48:35.631 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.631 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.631 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.631 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.632 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/Git/Git/2.51.2/4f3e]
2025-11-28 08:48:35.678 [YAML] Detected UTF-8
2025-11-28 08:48:35.681 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:48:35.681 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.681 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.681 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.681 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.681 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/Git/Git/2.51.1/02b1]
2025-11-28 08:48:35.722 [YAML] Detected UTF-8
2025-11-28 08:48:35.724 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:48:35.724 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.724 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.724 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.724 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.725 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/Git/Git/2.51.0.2/8696]
2025-11-28 08:48:35.757 [YAML] Detected UTF-8
2025-11-28 08:48:35.760 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:48:35.760 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.760 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.760 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.760 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.760 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/Git/Git/2.51.0/8696]
2025-11-28 08:48:35.799 [YAML] Detected UTF-8
2025-11-28 08:48:35.801 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:48:35.801 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.801 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.801 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.801 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.801 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/Git/Git/2.50.1/8696]
2025-11-28 08:48:35.842 [YAML] Detected UTF-8
2025-11-28 08:48:35.844 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:48:35.844 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.844 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.844 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.845 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.845 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/Git/Git/2.50.0.2/8696]
2025-11-28 08:48:35.883 [YAML] Detected UTF-8
2025-11-28 08:48:35.886 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:48:35.886 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.886 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.886 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.886 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.886 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/Git/Git/2.50.0/8696]
2025-11-28 08:48:35.923 [YAML] Detected UTF-8
2025-11-28 08:48:35.925 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:48:35.925 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.925 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.925 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.925 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.926 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/Git/Git/2.49.0/8696]
2025-11-28 08:48:35.966 [YAML] Detected UTF-8
2025-11-28 08:48:35.968 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:48:35.968 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.968 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.968 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.968 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:35.969 [CORE] Reading cached file [C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests/g/Git/Git/2.48.1/8696]
2025-11-28 08:48:36.007 [YAML] Detected UTF-8
2025-11-28 08:48:36.009 [CLI ] Starting installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:48:36.009 [CLI ] Installer [X86,inno,User,] is current best choice
2025-11-28 08:48:36.009 [CLI ] Installer [X86,inno,User,] is better [strong] than [X86,inno,Machine,] due to: Scope
2025-11-28 08:48:36.009 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:36.009 [CLI ] Installer [X64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with X64
2025-11-28 08:48:36.009 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,User,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:36.009 [CLI ] Installer [Arm64,inno,Machine,] not applicable: Machine is not compatible with Arm64
2025-11-28 08:48:36.009 [CLI ] Completed installer selection.
2025-11-28 08:48:36.009 [CLI ] Selected installer Architecture: 1
2025-11-28 08:48:36.009 [CLI ] Selected installer URL: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.48.1.windows.1/Git-2.48.1-32-bit.exe
2025-11-28 08:48:36.009 [CLI ] Selected installer InstallerType: inno

So, now we need to figure out a way to force winget to do the same when git is defined as dependency.

Originally posted by @MagicAndre1981 in microsoft/winget-pkgs#314972 (comment)

[MagicAndre1981]

So repro steps are, install x86 Windows 10 22H2, enable local manifest install and try to apply the manifest from the TortoiseGit 2.18.0 PR