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Introduction To Git

Git Installation And Setup On Windows

Create A Git Repository

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Create A GitHub Account

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Connect Remote Repository To Local Repository

Git Installation And Setup On Windows

How To Install And Setup Git On Windows ?

Steps :

Download the latest version Git for windows from the link : https://git-scm.com/downloads

Once downloaded,go to the folder where it would be stored.
Double-click on the installer.
It will pop-up a wizard screen for Git setup.
Proceed with Next.

Here will be an option to keep your Git installation in a folder,you can browse to select a folder or just keep it with default one and move to Next.

In Select Components,move to Next with default selections.

Again,move to Next in 'Select Start Menu Folder'.

Now,choose 'Notepad++ as Git's default Editor' and then Next.

Go with the default one i.e. 'Git from the command line and also from the 3rd party software',and then Next.

Again,don't change the default selection of option 'Use the Open SSL library' and move to Next.

Here also,proceed Next with deafault selected option i.e. 'Checkout Windows-style,commit-Unix style line endings'.

Select 'Use MinTTY(the default terminal of MSYS2)' and then Next.

Choose 'Default(fast-forward or merge)' and click on Next.

Choose 'Git Credential Manager' as a credential helper and proceed to Next.

Enable file system caching and go with Next.

No need to check any experimental option,so just simply click on Install.

Now,installation begins,it will take a while to complete it.
Wait for few minutes.
Once done,click on Finish.
Let's verify if the installation has done properly for Git.Open cmd,type 'git' and hit the 'Enter' button.It would display the following output :

Refer next page Git Help

destination folder.png

select components.png

start menu.png

default editor.png

path envir.png

http trans backend.png

line ending.png

terminal emulator.png

git pull.png

cred helper.png

extra opt.png

expe opt.png

cmd output.png

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