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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