Installing and Configuring Git on Windows

I. Download

Git for Windows, homepage: http://gitforwindows.org/  Click “Download” on the page to enter the download list. You can choose a version based on personal preference. Here we choose to download the latest version: Git-1.8.3-preview20130601.exe.

II. Installation

After downloading, double-click to start the installation:

1. Select all options except AdvancedXXX

2. Choose “Use Git Bash only”

3. Choose “Checkout as-is, commit as-is”

4. Wait for the installation to complete.

III. Configuration

1. After installation, there will be a Git Bash icon on the desktop

Double-click to enter the Git Shell interface

2. Configure Name and Email

Command format:

git config --global user.name "your name"
git config --global user.email "your email address" 

3. Generate Public/Private RSA Key

Command format:

ssh-keygen -C "your email address" -t rsa

Note the red numbers marked in the figure:

1. Set the save location for the Public RSA Key; press Enter directly to use the default address;

2. Set a password and enter it again to confirm (setting one is not recommended here, for convenience of local use)

3. Save path of the Public RSA Key: c:\users\username.ssh\id_rsa.pub

4. Provide the Public Key to Github

Please first register a github account, Home Page: https://github.com/ . Then go to the Account Settings page, open SSH Keys, and click “Add SSH Key”. Open c:\users\username\.ssh\id_rsa.pub, copy all of its contents into the input box corresponding to Key, and click “Add Key”.

IV. Clone Repositories

1. Enter the Git Workspace, right-click and choose Git GUI Here:

2. Choose “Clone Existing Repository”

3. Enter the address of the repository to clone and the save directory.

Note that:

1. Repository address format: git@github.com:your resp address
2. The last level of the save directory cannot Exist
3. The blue line in the figure marks your resp address, which can be seen in Account Settings-->Respositories on github.com, as shown by the red circle in the figure below.

4. Enter the password as prompted (the one set in item 3 of section III); you may need to enter it multiple times.

### 5. Clone succeeded.

V. Simplification

The method introduced in section IV is relatively complicated, especially with frequent password entry. Below is a simpler method:

1. Definitely do not set a password!!!

2. Open Git Bash Here in the Git Workspace

3. Enter ssh git@github.com and press Enter; the following prompt indicates that the git@github.com site is already trusted.

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