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

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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.

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Download Git on Msys. Then:

git clone git://project.url.here
Greg_Hewgill_8930

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! (:-)

user_96340

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".

Michael_Johnson_176880
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