Git Windows installation quick guide

1. Go to page.
2. Select Download for Windows.

3. Under Standalone Installer click on 64-bin Git for Windows Setup and save to your
device.

4. Once the .exe file has been downloaded, double click it then allow the installer to make
changes to your device.
5. Click next on the first screen.
6. Select the folder in which you want git to be installed to. Program Files directory is selected
by default. Click next.

7. Leave default selections in the components to install menu and click next.
8. Leave the default name for the Start Menu Folder and click next.

9. Choose notepad or some other text editing tool(notepad++, VSCode...) as the default
editor used by git and click next.
10. Adjust the name of the inital branch in a new repository to main and click next.

11. Select Git from the command line and also from 3rd-party software in the Adjusting your
path environment screen to add git to path.
12. Select Use bundled OpenSSH and click next.

13. Select Use the OpenSSL library and click next.

14. Select Checkout Window-style, comit Unix-style line ending and click next.

15. Select Use MinTTY and click next.

16. Select Default(fast-forward or merge) and click next.

17. Select Git Credential Manager and click next.

18. Leave Enable file system caching checked and Enable symolic links unchecked. Click next.

19. Leave both options unchecked. Click Install.

20. After the installation has been completed click Finish.
21. To check if the installation has been successful open comand line(type cmd into search)
and try the following command: git --version . If the install was successful the version of
git installed on you system should appear.