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I'm installing Git on Windows XP. During the setup, the installer asks whether I want:
1: Context menu entries: "Git Bash Here" (and the "Git GUI Here" option)
or
2: "git-cheetah shell extension (32-bit only)"
Basically, which should I do? I can't do both.
More specifically, what is the most commonly used version? Is the Git Bash tool the same as the shell extension?
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How to install Git Bash. Git Bash comes included as part of the Git For Windows package. Download and install Git For Windows like other Windows applications. Once downloaded find the included .exe file and open to execute Git Bash.
Git is a DevOps tool for source code management—an open-source version control system (VCS) used to handle small to very large projects efficiently. Git is used to tracking changes in the source code, supporting non-linear development so that multiple developers can work together in near real-time.
You don't need to use Git Bash. It is just conventional, because Git was developed and designed on Linux and most Git users use Linux and using Git Bash on Windows makes it a uniform experience. You can certainly use Git on cmd; just make sure you add C:\Program Files\git\cmd to your PATH .
git bash here will give you a console window with access to git commands, shell extension will give you right click menu access to git commands creating an environment similar to TortoiseSVN and such.
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