Install Git

Overview

There are two options:

1. Install Git and Git Flow manually, and use Git via the command line or

2. Install Sourcefree app which comes with Git and Git-Flow builtin

Installing Git

1. Download Git for Windows

2. Run the installer, default options are fine

3. Open a Command Prompt (or Git Bash)

4. Run the following commands to configure your Git username and email

$ git config --global user.name "Firstname Lastname"
$ git config --global user.email "[e-mail]"

Installing Git-Flow

Using Cygwin for windows:

wget -q -O - --no-check-certificate https://raw.github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow-avh/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh install stable | bash

Install Git with Sourcetree

Sourcetree has both Git and Git-Flow builtin.

1. Download Sourcetree

2. Run the installer