Add-Git

NAME Add-Git



SYNOPSIS

Installs Git-for-Windows.





SYNTAX

Add-Git [[-InstallPath] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

Installs Git-for-Windows (https://gitforwindows.org/) on a

Windows machine. Installs latest 64-bit version. Install location

is C:\\Program Files\\Git (default).



This software is copyright New Context Security and open sourced

under the MIT License, 2019 version. See more details

at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT . Author:

Kevin Buchs.





PARAMETERS

-InstallPath <String>

Parent directory under which you want Git installed. Default is

"C:\\Program Files"



Required? false

Position? 1

Default value C:\\Program Files

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS

None





OUTPUTS

A few logging messages via Write-Host and a potential Write-Error





NOTES





Full example:

Add-Git

# Add git binary paths to PATH variable and get gitting

$env:PATH += ";c:\\program files\\git\\bin;c:\\program files\\git\\usr\\bin"

git clone http://repo.example.com





RELATED LINKS

https://github.com/newcontext-oss/add-git

https://gitforwindows.org/

https://newcontext.com