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Victor J. Rosario V.
Victor J. Rosario V.

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๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ Install Git on Windows

What is Git?

GIT is a version control system designed by Linus Torvalds with the efficiency, reliability, and compatibility of application versioning in mind when applications have many source code files.

How to install Git?

First, we need to check if we have Git installed on our PC, by typing the following command in the terminal.

git --version
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If nothing appears, we will continue with these steps.

To get started, go to the Git page, click the Download for Windows button.

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After clicking Download for Windows, you will have to choose depending on the architecture of your PC.

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Una vez ya descargo el archivo Git-version.exe, al principio preguntarรก por los permisos de administrador para ejecutar el instalador, por lo cual, debemos responder con un โ€œSI u Okโ€.

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Once I download the Git-version.exe file, at first it will ask for administrator permissions to run the installer, so we must answer with a โ€œYES or Okโ€.

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Once the configuration is finished, it will start installing Git on our system.

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At the end of the installation, it will give us the option to open Git Bash to finish.

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With this, we will have Git installed in its latest version.

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