Installing Git on Windows

The graphical installer will download and install Git for you if you are connected to the internet.

Otherwise you will need to install it for yourself.

Easiest option is to go to: https://git-scm.com/download/win

Just use all the defaults.

How do you know that you got git installed? Try this:

Why does this work? Many command programs support this - it’s a way to print out what version of the command line program we are using. This is a common technique I like to use.