Installing Git on Windows

Depending on your browser configuration, you will either be able to run the installer or need to save it before you can run it, either way, you want to run the installer. As you install msysGit, you will be given a number of installation options. I recommend choosing the defaults with the following exceptions. On the "Select Components" screen under "Windows Explorer Integration", choose "Context Menu Entries", "Git Bash Here" and "Git GUI Here"

When you get to the "Adjusting Your PATH Environment Screen", I suggest choosing based on your usual command line usage patterns. If you rarely use the command line, choose "Use Git Bash Only". If you are a heavy Windows command line user (or also use Cygwin), you probably want to choose "Run Git from the Windows Command Prompt". If you are also a Unix or Linux user and like that command line, you may want to pick "Run Git and included Unix tools from the Windows Command Prompt". I would recommend the second option if you are unsure about which to choose.

When it asks you to choose an SSH executable, choose "Use OpenSSH". This may be the default, the screen varies based on what other software you have installed on your computer. I'm not including a screen shot of this window for that reason.

Click here to see what the msysGit Bash window looks like.
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