Getting Started with Git - Git Recipes - page 3

1-1. Installing git on Windows
Problem
You want to install git on Windows.
Solution
Go to http://msysgit.github.io/ and download the most recent installer ver-
sion of git for Windows. At the time of writing this was version 1.8.3. The installer was
named: Git-1.8.3-preview20130601.exe. Run the installer leaving all options set to de-
fault values. After this, git is ready to be run on your system.
How It Works
There are two methods for installing git on Windows:
• Use Cygwin package available at http://www.cygwin.com
• Use the standalone installer called msysgit.
In this procedure we use msysgit package.
When you run the msysgit installer downloaded from ht-
tp://code.google.com/p/msysgit/ you will be asked two questions:
• How to configure the paths?
• How to configure the conversion of end of line character?
The dialog box titled Adjusting your PATH environment sets the path environment
variable. Msysgit installer contains not only git binaries but also a number of Linux
programs such as ssh , curl , ls , mkdir , rm , and find . With default settings the in-
staller copies git and these programs to the following directories:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin
This folder contains ls, mkdir, ssh, curl, find , etc.