##Git setup - Windows

####Basic setup

1. Download and install Git for your platform

• Use default settings

• Run Git from Command Prompt is preferred

• PuTTY's plink integrates better with Windows

• The default setting is fine

2. Download and install PuTTY, if necessary

3. Run PuTTYgen to create or import your SSH key

• click Generate
• click Save private key, and store your key somewhere safe.

• select the public key in the text area, and copy to the clipboard

4. [Add the SSH key to your GitHub account]

Optional Download and install TortoiseGIT (Optional)

• This is the easiest way to configure SSH

Alternatively: Atlassian Sourcetree

####Git-flow setup (Windows)

1. download libiconv2.dll, libintl3.dll and getopt.exe from the util-linux-ng package, and place them all in the Git bin folder (typically "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin")

2. Open a Command Prompt as Administrator (right-click > Run as Administrator), and clone the git-flow repo.

• You can clone it into any directory, but keep in mind that this is the permanent home of the script files you need to use git-flow. It is not a temporary directory.

git clone --recursive https://github.com/nvie/gitflow.git

3. Install git-flow extension

cd gitflow
contrib\msysgit-install.cmd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git"

Change "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git" to the folder where you installed Git

####Start a git-flow repo:

Open a Command Prompt, and navigate to the root of your repo

Initialize as git-flow repository:

cd easyad
git flow init

Hit <Enter> at each prompt to accept defaults

Done!

####Links

• A successful Git branching model
• Why aren't you using git-flow?
• Getting started with git-flow