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Expand Up @@ -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)))
Expand All @@ -65,12 +61,6 @@ 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.
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