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Luke Dinh edited this page Sep 28, 2023 · 3 revisions

Git Installation

Install Git for Windows.

1) Git's Setup Wizard

  • You can keep on pressing next until you reach Choosing the default editor used by Git:
git wizard

2) Git Bash

  • During the Git installation wizard, it will ask you if you want Git Bash; make sure Git Bash is also being installed.
git wizard

3) Git's default editor

  • When you reached Choosing the default editor used by Git, you want to select your editor of choice.
git wizard

4) Set main as default branch

  • There will also be a section called Adjusting the name of the initial branch in new repositories.
  • Choose Override the default branch name for new repositories.
  • After all those steps, you should be able to keep on pressing Next until your finish with your installation.
git wizard

5) Check if it's successfully installed.

  • Open Git Bash, it can be found as a program.
  • Run which git; it should return a path that's similar below.
git wizard