From 3e638aefc5fbfacdff98a4ba436859f8e701292e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Billy Griffin <5091167+billygriffin@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 09:30:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Remove GitHub Desktop from installing instructions --- book/01-introduction/sections/installing.asc | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/book/01-introduction/sections/installing.asc b/book/01-introduction/sections/installing.asc index b400cfc7e..10cb23f6e 100644 --- a/book/01-introduction/sections/installing.asc +++ b/book/01-introduction/sections/installing.asc @@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ Note that this is a project called Git for Windows, which is separate from Git i To get an automated installation you can use the https://chocolatey.org/packages/git[Git Chocolatey package]. Note that the Chocolatey package is community maintained. -Another easy way to get Git installed is by installing GitHub Desktop. -The installer includes a command line version of Git as well as the GUI. -It also works well with PowerShell, and sets up solid credential caching and sane CRLF settings.(((PowerShell)))(((CRLF)))(((credential caching))) -We'll learn more about those things a little later, but suffice it to say they're things you want. -You can download this from the https://desktop.github.com[GitHub Desktop website]. - ==== Installing from Source Some people may instead find it useful to install Git from source, because you'll get the most recent version. From a7ce7239650255464876a8b1bcfc7e12b617f612 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Billy Griffin <5091167+billygriffin@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 19:15:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Remove GitHub Desktop macOS section as well --- book/01-introduction/sections/installing.asc | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/book/01-introduction/sections/installing.asc b/book/01-introduction/sections/installing.asc index 10cb23f6e..bd5093972 100644 --- a/book/01-introduction/sections/installing.asc +++ b/book/01-introduction/sections/installing.asc @@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ A macOS Git installer is maintained and available for download at the Git websit .Git macOS Installer image::images/git-osx-installer.png[Git macOS installer] -You can also install it as part of the GitHub for macOS install. -Their GUI Git tool has an option to install command line tools as well. -You can download that tool from the GitHub for macOS website, at https://desktop.github.com[]. - ==== Installing on Windows There are also a few ways to install Git on Windows.(((Windows, installing)))