How To Install Git and Github

How To Install Git and Github

Just my luck. My #100DaysOfCode was finally starting. My New Year gift was having to reload windows on my computer, fortunate not to lose any of my files, but I have to set up all my development environments all over again. Node.js installation is pretty straight forward so I won't be writing an extensive blog post on that. However, I still need to install Git, before I can start committing.

So let's install Git

The GitHub Windows Desktop

You can install the GitHub windows desktop application which will very much handle all you need to be done. The link to download it can be found here

Just follow the instructions, they are straightforward.

The GitHub CLI

  1. Navigate to the latest Git for Windows installer

and download the latest version.

  1. Once the installer has started,

follow the instructions as provided in the Git Setup wizard screen until the installation is complete.

  1. Open the windows command prompt

  1. Type git version to verify Git was installed.

And we have installed Git