git – SCM on Windows – Install and Configure

April 6, 2020 By Cloud_Devops Leave a Comment

Git repositories can be managed using git-bash on windows operating systems. Git for Windows provides a BASH emulation used to run Git from the command line. *NIX users will feel right at home, as the BASH emulation behaves just like the “git” command in LINUX environments. As Windows users commonly expect graphical user interfaces, Git for Windows also provides the Git GUI offering comprehensive visual diff tools.

Downloading Git Bash / Git SCM

1.Download git Bash / Git SCM from https://gitforwindows.org/

git SCM windows

2. Double click the downloaded executable to install git SCM. User level privileges are sufficient to install this tool.

git SCM Install on Windows

3. Select the install location.

Select destination location - git bash SCM windows — Select destination location – git bash SCM windows

4. Select the list of components that you need to install.

Select the components to install - git bash windows SCM — Select the components to install – git bash windows SCM

5. Select start menu folder.

Git start Menu - SCM for Windows — Git start Menu – SCM for Windows

6. Select the git’s default editor. My favorites are sublime text, Notepad++ and vim.

Select the default editor - git bash Windows SCM — Select the default editor – git bash Windows SCM

7. Adjusting the command search path.

Adjusting PATH - git SCM windows — Adjusting PATH – git SCM windows

8. Choosing SSH executable – Use openssh

Use OpenSSH Git Bash

9. Configuring the line ending conversions.

Checkout Style - Git Bash - SCM windows — Checkout Style – Git Bash – SCM windows

10. Configuring the terminal emulater to use git bash – Use MinTTY

MinTTY - Windows SCM - Git Bash — MinTTY – Windows SCM – Git Bash

11. Configuring extra options .

Configure extra options - git bash — Configure extra options – git bash

12. Begin the git SCM installation.

Installing git bash - windows SCM — Installing git bash – windows SCM

13. Launch git bash. You will get Linux experience on windows.

Completing the git setup

14. Here is git bash prompt on windows.

Windows SCM git bash

Clone the repository using git:

Here is the step by step instructions to clone the repository.

Git GUI

Git – SCM windows also offers git GUI for windows users.

1.Start menu – > search for git to find “git GUI”

git GUI - SCM windows — git GUI – SCM windows

2. Git GUI also offers similar functionality to GitHub Desktop.

Git GUI - SCM windows org — Git GUI – SCM windows org

You could follow GitHub Desktop to know how to clone and update the existing repository.

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