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Git for Windows
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===============
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[![Open in Visual Studio Code](https://open.vscode.dev/badges/open-in-vscode.svg)](https://open.vscode.dev/git-for-windows/git)
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[![Build status](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/workflows/CI/PR/badge.svg)](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/actions?query=branch%3Amain+event%3Apush)
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[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/git-for-windows/git](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/git-for-windows/git?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
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This is [Git for Windows](http://git-for-windows.github.io/), the Windows port
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of [Git](http://git-scm.com/).
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The Git for Windows project is run using a [governance
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model](http://git-for-windows.github.io/governance-model.html). If you
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encounter problems, you can report them as [GitHub
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issues](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues), discuss them on Git
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for Windows' [Google Group](http://groups.google.com/group/git-for-windows),
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and [contribute bug
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fixes](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/How-to-participate).
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To build Git for Windows, please either install [Git for Windows'
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SDK](https://gitforwindows.org/#download-sdk), start its `git-bash.exe`, `cd`
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to your Git worktree and run `make`, or open the Git worktree as a folder in
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Visual Studio.
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To verify that your build works, use one of the following methods:
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- If you want to test the built executables within Git for Windows' SDK,
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prepend `<worktree>/bin-wrappers` to the `PATH`.
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- Alternatively, run `make install` in the Git worktree.
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- If you need to test this in a full installer, run `sdk build
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git-and-installer`.
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- You can also "install" Git into an existing portable Git via `make install
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DESTDIR=<dir>` where `<dir>` refers to the top-level directory of the
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portable Git. In this instance, you will want to prepend that portable Git's
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`/cmd` directory to the `PATH`, or test by running that portable Git's
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`git-bash.exe` or `git-cmd.exe`.
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- If you built using a recent Visual Studio, you can use the menu item
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`Build>Install git` (you will want to click on `Project>CMake Settings for
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Git` first, then click on `Edit JSON` and then point `installRoot` to the
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`mingw64` directory of an already-unpacked portable Git).
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As in the previous bullet point, you will then prepend `/cmd` to the `PATH`
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or run using the portable Git's `git-bash.exe` or `git-cmd.exe`.
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- If you want to run the built executables in-place, but in a CMD instead of
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inside a Bash, you can run a snippet like this in the `git-bash.exe` window
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where Git was built (ensure that the `EOF` line has no leading spaces), and
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then paste into the CMD window what was put in the clipboard:
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```sh
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clip.exe <<EOF
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set GIT_EXEC_PATH=$(cygpath -aw .)
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set PATH=$(cygpath -awp ".:contrib/scalar:/mingw64/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH")
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set GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR=$(cygpath -aw templates/blt)
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set GITPERLLIB=$(cygpath -aw perl/build/lib)
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EOF
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```
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- If you want to run the built executables in-place, but outside of Git for
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Windows' SDK, and without an option to set/override any environment
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variables (e.g. in Visual Studio's debugger), you can call the Git executable
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by its absolute path and use the `--exec-path` option, like so:
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```cmd
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C:\git-sdk-64\usr\src\git\git.exe --exec-path=C:\git-sdk-64\usr\src\git help
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```
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Note: for this to work, you have to hard-link (or copy) the `.dll` files from
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the `/mingw64/bin` directory to the Git worktree, or add the `/mingw64/bin`
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directory to the `PATH` somehow or other.
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To make sure that you are testing the correct binary, call `./git.exe version`
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in the Git worktree, and then call `git version` in a directory/window where
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you want to test Git, and verify that they refer to the same version (you may
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even want to pass the command-line option `--build-options` to look at the
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exact commit from which the Git version was built).
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Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
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`microsoft/git` and the Scalar CLI
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==================================
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[![CI/PR](https://github.com/microsoft/git/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/microsoft/git/actions/workflows/main.yml)
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This is `microsoft/git`, a special Git distribution to support monorepo scenarios. If you are _not_
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working in a monorepo, you are likely searching for
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[Git for Windows](http://git-for-windows.github.io/) instead of this codebase.
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In addition to the Git command-line interface (CLI), `microsoft/git` includes the Scalar CLI to
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further enable working with extremely large repositories. Scalar is a tool to apply the latest
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recommendations and use the most advanced Git features. You can read
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[the Scalar CLI documentation](contrib/scalar/scalar.txt) or read our
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[Scalar user guide](contrib/scalar/docs/index.md) including
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[the philosophy of Scalar](contrib/scalar/docs/philosophy.md).
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If you encounter problems with `microsoft/git`, please report them as
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[GitHub issues](https://github.com/microsoft/git/issues).
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Why is this fork needed?
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=========================================================
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Git is awesome - it's a fast, scalable, distributed version control system with an unusually rich
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command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals. What more could
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you ask for?
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Well, because Git is a distributed version control system, each Git repository has a copy of all
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files in the entire history. As large repositories, aka _monorepos_ grow, Git can struggle to
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manage all that data. As Git commands like `status` and `fetch` get slower, developers stop waiting
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and start switching context. And context switches harm developer productivity.
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`microsoft/git` is focused on addressing these performance woes and making the monorepo developer
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experience first-class. The Scalar CLI packages all of these recommendations into a simple set of
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commands.
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One major feature that Scalar recommends is [partial clone](https://github.blog/2020-12-21-get-up-to-speed-with-partial-clone-and-shallow-clone/),
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which reduces the amount of data transferred in order to work with a Git repository. While several
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services such as GitHub support partial clone, Azure Repos instead has an older version of this
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functionality called
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[the GVFS protocol](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/learn/git/gvfs-architecture#gvfs-protocol).
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The integration with the GVFS protocol present in `microsoft/git` is not appropriate to include in
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the core Git client because partial clone is the official version of that functionality.
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Downloading and Installing
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Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
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unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
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and full access to internals.
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Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public
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License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses,
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compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus
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Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
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Please read the file [INSTALL][] for installation instructions.
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Many Git online resources are accessible from <https://git-scm.com/>
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including full documentation and Git related tools.
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See [Documentation/gittutorial.txt][] to get started, then see
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[Documentation/giteveryday.txt][] for a useful minimum set of commands, and
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`Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt` for documentation of each command.
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If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
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read with `man gittutorial` or `git help tutorial`, and the
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documentation of each command with `man git-<commandname>` or `git help
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<commandname>`.
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CVS users may also want to read [Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt][]
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(`man gitcvs-migration` or `git help cvs-migration` if git is
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installed).
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The user discussion and development of core Git take place on the Git
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mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature
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requests, comments and patches to [email protected] (read
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[Documentation/SubmittingPatches][] for instructions on patch submission).
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To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in
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the body to [email protected]. The mailing list archives are
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available at <https://lore.kernel.org/git/>,
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<http://marc.info/?l=git> and other archival sites.
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The core git mailing list is plain text (no HTML!).
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Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to
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the Git Security mailing list <[email protected]>.
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The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that
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list the current status of various development topics to the mailing
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list. The discussion following them give a good reference for
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project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
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The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very
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first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker"
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and the name as (depending on your mood):
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- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
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actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a
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mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
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- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
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dictionary of slang.
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- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
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works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
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- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks
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[INSTALL]: INSTALL
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[Documentation/gittutorial.txt]: Documentation/gittutorial.txt
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[Documentation/giteveryday.txt]: Documentation/giteveryday.txt
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[Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt]: Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
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[Documentation/SubmittingPatches]: Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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If you're working in a monorepo and want to take advantage of the performance boosts in
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`microsoft/git`, then you can download the latest version installer for your OS from the
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[Releases page](https://github.com/microsoft/git/releases). Alternatively, you can opt to install
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via the command line, using the below instructions for supported OSes:
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## Windows
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__Note:__ Winget is still in public preview, meaning you currently
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[need to take special installation steps](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/#install-winget):
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Either manually install the `.appxbundle` available at the
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[preview version of App Installer](https://www.microsoft.com/p/app-installer/9nblggh4nns1?ocid=9nblggh4nns1_ORSEARCH_Bing&rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab),
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or participate in the
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[Windows Insider flight ring](https://insider.windows.com/https://insider.windows.com/)
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since `winget` is available by default on preview versions of Windows.
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To install with Winget, run
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```shell
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which should have the same output:
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```shell
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running `git update-microsoft-git`.
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which should have the same output:
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```shell
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recent [`.deb` package](https://github.com/microsoft/git/releases). For example, you can download a
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Contributing
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=========================================================
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This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a
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Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us
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the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit <https://cla.microsoft.com.>
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When you submit a pull request, a CLA-bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide
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a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., label, comment). Simply follow the instructions
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provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.
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This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/).
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For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or
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contact [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) with any additional questions or comments.

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