Installing Git Extensions on Windows

[Tested with Notepadd++ (32-bit) 7.8.7, Git (64-bit) 2.27.0, KDiff (64-bit) 0.9.92-2 and Git Extensions 3.4.9737]

The recommended Git GUI for Windows is Git Extensions. The prerequisites are also listed in the instructions below:

• Perform a default installation of Notepad++ (usually preinstalled)
• Install Git with the following non-default options or important options:
  • Use Notepad++ as Git's default editor
  • Git from the command line and also from 3rd-party software
  • Use the OpenSSL library
  • Checkout as-is, commit as-is (if you are unaware about CRLF and LF you might want to select 'Checkout Windows-style, commit Unix-style line endings')
  • Use MinTTY
  • Enable experimental support for pseudo codes (new in 2.27.0, should solve some problems when running console programs like Node or Python in a Git Bash

• Stop here if you only want to install the Git command line tools
  

• Install KDiff with the following important options:
  • Install for all users

• Install Git Extensions with the following non-default options or important options:
  • Install for all users
  • SSH Client: OpenSSH

Configuration

Configure the following options at the first start of Git Extensions:

• Language: English

• Configure the red marked options from the settings overview (always click 'Apply' and then click on 'Git Extensions' in the tree to get back to the overview)
  • Mergetool: Select kdiff3 from the drop down
  • Difftool: Select kdiff3 from the drop down
  • Username: Your full name in the format (will be visible in commit messages!)
  • Username: Your email address (will be visible in commit messages!)
  • Path to linux tools (sh): C:\Program Files\Git\bin\
  • Language: English

Generating SSH Keys

In Windows make sure to work with the Git Bash (was installed with Git Extensions) for creating SSH keys when following the instructions in spacegit.