Installing Git on Windows

I decided to use Git for version control a recent project. I couldn't stand resorting to SVN again just because I haven't gone through the process with Git yet. This post will serve to document the process I went through in installing Git on my computer. I will leave some reference links at the bottom as well.

1. Download Git for Windows

http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/

2. See Welcome screen -> click 'Next'



3. Agree to the license -> click 'Next'



4. Select Destination Location -> use default -> click 'Next'



5. Select Components -> Check: Git Bash Here & Git GUI Here -> click 'Next'



6. Select Start Menu Folder -> use default



7. Adjusting your PATH environment -> use default -> click 'Next'



8. Configuring the line ending conversions -> use default -> click 'Next'



9. Installing -> files will get extracted



10. Completing the Git Setup Wizard (installation is complete)

After you have gone through this process, Git should be installed on your computer. My goal is to get a project I have on my local system onto my GitHub account. I have documented this step on this post: Uploading a Project to Github.

Helpful Articles

An Illustrated Guide to Git on Windows
http://nathanj.github.com/gitguide/tour.html

Set Up Git (Windows) [help.github.com]
http://help.github.com/win-set-up-git/
Note: I just found this link and realized I basically did the exact same thing except with less detail than this link. I don't care though.

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