Install Git on Windows — Setup and First Commit
Install Git on Windows in plain English. Check the correct package, prove the
Git path, set safe details, and make your first local commit.
This Windows-only beginner lesson uses PowerShell and explains when Git Bash is
useful. You do not need a remote account or real access token.
You will learn:
how to check whether Git is already installed
how to select the exact WinGet package
how to inspect the Git path and settings
how to handle Windows line endings safely
how to create and check one local commit
how to fix common PATH, TLS, and long-path problems
Chapters:
00:00 Check the current install before downloading another Git
00:25 Confirm the Windows edition and sixty-four-bit processor
01:07 Never use the option that ignores an installer security hash
01:47 PowerShell and Git Bash use different command languages
02:25 Set init dot defaultBranch to main when that is your project rule
03:06 Create a new practice folder and run git init dash b main
03:45 If Git works in Git Bash but not PowerShell, inspect the Windows PATH
04:15 The Windows plan is checked, but this Mac cannot prove a Windows install
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