Want to download a Git repository, what do I need (windows machine)?

Question

Hi,

I want to download this open source application, and they are using Git. What do I need to download the code base?

Update How do I change the working directory when I am using Git Bash? (I want to download the repo at a certain directory, using pwd tells me I will be downloading the repo where I don't want it.

Answer 1

Download Git on Msys. Then:

git clone git://project.url.here

Answer 2

To change working directory in GitMSYS's Git Bash you can just use cd

cd /path/do/directory

Note that:

• Directory separators use the forward-slash (/) instead of backslash.
• Drives are specified with a lower case letter and no colon, e.g. "C:\stuff" should be represented with "/c/stuff".
• Spaces can be escaped with a backslash (\)
• Command line completion is your friend. Press TAB at anytime to expand stuff, including Git options, branches, tags, and directories.

Also, you can right click in Windows Explorer on a directory and "Git Bash here".

Answer 3

I don't want to start a "What's the best unix command line under Windows" war, but have you thought of Cygwin? Git is in the Cygwin package repository.

And you get a lot of beneficial side-effects! (:-)

Answer 4

Not too sure it's gonna answer your question, but you should definitely check out Git on Windows. The Gitcasts are an excellent place to learn Git.