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==Generic==

Visit the main Git [http://www.git-scm.com/download download site].

==Windows==

Git comes in two flavors on Windows:

* A Windows native application installer
* A Cygwin package

Choose one and stick with it.
They do not get along well in a given work tree on disk
(the repository formats are compatible but the "stat cache" of the work tree is not unless <code>core.filemode</code> is <code>false</code>).

===MSysGit===

Download the "Full installer for official Git" from [http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list here]. You want to download the file that is named something like
 
 Git-1.7.10-preview20120409.exe
''If you notice that the filename has changed (because a new version was released or something similar), please update this wiki!''

Run the installer.  When prompted, choose to ''not'' modify the <code>PATH</code> and choose the <code>core.autocrlf=true</code> option.
Launch the "Git Bash" tool to get a command line shell with Git.

===Cygwin===

Install packages:

* '''git''': Git command-line tool
* '''gitk''': Graphical history browser
* '''git-completion''': Bash shell completion rules

Launch a Cygwin command prompt to get a command line shell with Git.

==Mac==

===Xcode 4===

If you have Xcode 4 installed, you already have git installed.

Verify with:

 $ which git
 /usr/bin/git

 $ git --version
 git version 1.7.4.4

===OS X Installer===

Download an installer from [http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/ here].

===MacPorts===

Enter these commands:

 $ sudo port selfupdate
 $ sudo port install git-core +doc

==Linux==

Popular Linux distributions already come with packages for Git.
Typically the packages are called:

* '''git-core''': Git command-line tool
* '''git-doc''': Git documentation
* '''gitk''': Graphical history browser