
If you're planning on sharing this project with people using different operating systems, then "Checkout Windows-style, commit Unix-style line endings" is the way to go, otherwise it's up to you what you select.

Once you've done that and clicked "Next", you will be greeted with another page asking how to configure line ending conversions. When prompted about PATH options though, we advise selecting "Run Git from the Windows Command Prompt" - that way you can use Git on Windows just as you would if you were using Linux or OS X. If you're not too sure what you're doing, then it's best to simply click through the first few screens leaving all the options as they are. Msysgit, a free git installer for Windows.

If you haven't already done so, you need to start by downloading the latest version (it should be labelled as 'full installer') of

This guide is about setting up GIT and SSH on Windows, it's a bit more time consuming to do than the other two operating systems, but once it's up and running you can use it in the same way. Getting Git ready to use on Linux or OS X is simple.
