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Git

ApplicationGit for Windows

Dem still dey call am git for windows, git-scm, git bash

Git for WindowsProductivity

Distributed version control. Git for Windows dey ship git.exe plus Git Bash. No be di GitHub Desktop GUI.

Wetin you need know

Git na git.exe. GitHub Desktop na different product entirely.

Git for Windows na di official Windows port of Git. Di installer dey put git.exe under Program Files\Git and im include Git Bash. GitHub Desktop na GitHubDesktop.exe. You fit use git without dat GUI.

Wetin e be?
Distributed version control
Im be GitHub Desktop?
No. Dat one na GUI
Git Bash?
Yes. Im dey ship with Git for Windows
Feex tok say
If guide talk say make you install Git, I go send you go git-scm.com/download/win. I no go tell you say GitHub Desktop na must. Di two products fit stay together.

Wetin be Git?

Git na di distributed VCS. Git for Windows dey package git.exe, Git Bash, and related MinGW tools. Im no be GitHub and no be GitHub Desktop.

If you never use am before

If class talk say make you install Git, na dis command-line tool dem mean. Download am from git-scm.com/download/win. After setup you go get git.exe and usually Git Bash. GitHub Desktop na separate GUI from GitHub. You fit clone and commit with only git.exe.

Wetin dem dey use am for?

Clone, commit, and branch

git.exe fit talk to any Git remote. GitHub na just one host, no be di VCS itself.

Git Bash

MinGW shell wey dey ship with Git for Windows. Windows Terminal na different host wey you fit point to git-bash.exe.

Credential helpers

Git Credential Manager dey often install beside git.exe. Dat helper no be GitHub Desktop.

Na who e dey for?

  • Anybody wey dia README assume say git command dey
  • People wey think say GitHub Desktop na Git
  • Users wey need Git Bash for Windows

Current status

Git (2005) na current version control from Git for Windows. Di vendor still dey point Windows users go https://git-scm.com/download/win.

How old e be?

Linus Torvalds release Git for 2005. Git for Windows na di maintained native port. Im older pass GitHub Desktop (2015) and im older pass gh.exe. Di FAQ list Windows 8.1 as di minimum for current packages.

Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Git for Windows 64-bit
Portable
ARM64

System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

Minimum

Minimum system requirements
Operating system Git for Windows FAQ: recent commercially released x64 Windows, starting from Windows 8.1
RAM Di client light. Monolithic or huge repos dey demand disk and RAM for status

Resource profile

CPU demand
Dey follow wetin you open inside di app
RAM demand
Dey follow documents, tabs, or libraries

Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

Installed processes
git.exe Git command for dat install
git-bash.exe Git Bash launcher wey dey ship with Git for Windows

Startup components

Git no need tray. Helper or GUI wey you install separately fit start with Windows.

File locations

Common Git locations
Typical install C:\Program Files\Git\

File formats

GITPATCH

Common wahala dem

People dey install GitHub Desktop come think say Git dey missing

GitHub Desktop fit call Git. Di official CLI still dey git-scm.com. where.exe git suppose point to Program Files\Git if you install Git for Windows.

Line endings and credential prompts

core.autocrlf and Git Credential Manager na Git for Windows setup questions. Dem no be Sourcetree settings.

How to get unstuck

where.exe git

Program Files\Git na Git for Windows. git.exe wey dey only under GitHub Desktop mean say you never install di official port, or PATH don lose am.

git update-git-for-windows

Dat command dey update dis port. Im no dey update GitHub Desktop.

Download only from git-scm.com/download/win

gitforwindows.org dey point to di same project. Random git.exe for download portal no be di port.

Alternatives

GitHub Desktop, Sourcetree, and Fork dey wrap Git inside window. You still need Git engine. Dis article na dat engine.

Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

Official contacts
Download git-scm.com/download/win Official installer or vendor page
Help git-scm.com/doc Vendor support
Official site git-scm.com/ Start here, no be random exe host
Git for Windows FAQ gitforwindows.org/faq Supported Windows versions

Related hardware

Any current Windows PC fit run git.exe. Huge monorepos dey want SSD.

Technical details

Technical details

Vendor version numbers dey change. Dis article no pin down any build.

Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. How we dey do research.

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