You can skip this step if you installed TortoiseGit. Then, later on when you set the GIT_SSH environment variable, just use the new path to it.
Git ssh for mac vs windows install#
If you really don't want the extra shell extension (I don't blame you), you can install TortoiseGit, copy TortoiseGitPlink.exe from TortoiseGit's bin/ directory, store it somewhere else, and then uninstall TortoiseGit. Another benefit is that a full PuTTY install, which you'll also need. TortoiseGit is nice because it adds overlay icons (that don't always update properly). TortoiseSVN) and you don't want to have TortoiseGit's context menu clutter, you don't have to download it. If you have another Tortoise installed (e.g. You'll want some of the tools it installs later. This is optional, but highly recommended. It's a plain-text file you can edit with your favorite text editor (or Notepad, if you haven't chosen a favorite yet). Git uses a per-user config file located at %USERPROFILE%\.gitconfig. If you want more options, ConEmu is a highly customizable console emulator that supports tabs. It's not a shell itself, so it supports running plain old cmd.exe commands and running PowerShell.Ĭmder is much simpler to get up and running. The first thing you'll want to do is to download and install Cmder, which is a terminal program that serves as excellent replacement for the built-in cmd.exe. So, take a deep breath and go step by step. This guide is based on Windows, but every program here have Linux/Mac equivalents, and in most cases they're built-in. I know this document seems long, but it shouldn't be too difficult to follow.