Installing Git on Windows

Let's install Git on Windows; you can download the latest version of Git from the official website (https://git-scm.com/download/win). Follow the steps listed next to install Git on a Windows system:

1. Once the .exe file is downloaded, double-click on it to run it. First of all, you will be provided with a GNU license, as seen in this screenshot:

Click on Next:

In the section shown in the preceding screenshot, you will customize your setup based on tools that are needed, or you can keep it default, which is okay from the book's perspective.

1. Additionally, you can install Git Bash along with Git; click on Next:

1. In the section seen in the next screenshot, you can enable other features that come along with Git packages. Then, click on Next:

1. You can skip the rest of the steps by clicking on Next, and go for the installation part.

Once you complete the installation, you will be able to see a screen like this:

Great!! We have successfully installed Git on Windows!!