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🧰 Git Installation Guide for Windows
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Follow the steps below to install and configure Git on the Windows operating system. 🚀

1. Downloading and Installing Git
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Download Git from the official website: 🔗 Git for Windows

It automatically detects your system architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) and starts the download.
Alternatively, if you’re using Chocolatey or Scoop:
```
choco install git
```
or
```
scoop install git
```

Run the downloaded Git-*.exe file and follow the steps below:

Choose the installation directory: You can leave it as default: C:\Program Files\Git
Installation options (recommended settings):
- Select Git Bash and Git GUI: Keep both.
- PATH environment: Choose "Git from the command line and also from 3rd-party software" (Allows usage in CMD, PowerShell, and other tools).
- SSH executable: Use OpenSSH
- Line endings: Keep "Checkout Windows-style, commit Unix-style line endings" selected.
- Terminal emulator: Use MinTTY (or Use Windows default console if you prefer CMD).
Start the installation and wait for it to complete.

To confirm Git is installed correctly, open CMD, PowerShell, or Git Bash, and run:

git --version

If you see something like:

git version 2.42.0.windows.1

Git was installed successfully.

After installation, configure Git for your environment.

Run the following in the terminal to set your user info:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "email@example.com"

Check the settings with:

git config --global --list

To connect without passwords to GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket, create an SSH key:

Generate an SSH key:
```
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "email@example.com"
```
It will be saved by default at ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.
Add the key to GitHub:
```
clip < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
```
- Log in to GitHub → Settings → SSH Keys → New SSH Key → Paste → Save

Test the connection:

ssh -T git@github.com

A successful message looks like:

Hi username! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

mkdir project
cd project
git init

Clone using HTTPS:

git clone https://github.com/username/project.git

Or using SSH:

git clone git@github.com:username/project.git

Command	Description
`git status`	Shows the current working status
`git add .`	Stages all changes
`git commit -m "message"`	Commits the staged changes
`git push origin main`	Pushes changes to the remote repo
`git pull origin main`	Pulls the latest changes from the repo