Download and install Git for Windows from: gitforwindows.org
This installs a minimal Unix style shell (called git-bash
), the basic OpenSSH tools as well as git.
During install select the following (for any other options given choose the defaults):
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Don't forget to launch "Git Bash" to generate your ssh keys:
ssh-keygen -t rsa
Setup of Git GUI’s: download and install TortoiseGit from tortoisegit.org
Select OpenSSH for the SSH Client and just put "ssh.exe"
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Download a Git installer here.
Keep all options "By default" during installation
Now, open a terminal and use Git as you do on Linux...
Here are a few commands that you may not know yet, or that offer options you haven’t been aware of so far.