Git Bash is a command-line interface for Git that allows you to interact with your Git repositories on your desktop. It is included as part of the Git for Windows package, which provides a Windows-native version of the Git command-line tools. It provides a Unix-like environment on Windows, which allows you to run Git commands as well as other Unix commands such as ls, cat, and echo.
To use Git Bash on your desktop, you will need to:
- Install Git on your computer if it’s not already installed. You can do this by downloading the Git for Windows package from the official website https://git-scm.com/download/win
- Once the installation is complete, you should have an option to run Git Bash from the Start Menu or by running
git-bash.exefrom the installation directory. - You can now use Git Bash to interact with your Git repositories by running Git commands.
In Git Bash, you can use the same commands you would use in the regular command prompt or terminal. You can perform operations like clone, commit, push, pull, etc. Git Bash also supports tab-completion, which makes it easy to type commands and file paths.
It’s worth noting that, while Git Bash provides a Unix-like environment on Windows, it doesn’t provide a full Unix environment, so some commands and features may not be available or may behave differently than they would on a full Unix system.