git is a distributed verion control system ([D]VCS) . Others includee mercurial (hg) and bazaar (bzr).
To download project sources, keep track of progress, and save your work.
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Note
If you are not an administrator on your machine, you might have to choose an alternate path for install rather than C:\Git, such as C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Git\.
You will also want to make the MSYS/MINGW bash window behave in a saner way. After opening it, ‘right-click’ on the title bar, and select ‘properties’. Under ‘Edit Options’, enable ‘Quick Edit Mode’.
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When you get to the git download, you probably want the 386 version (vs. x64) of the ‘newest’ (highest version number) git install .dmg file.
follow the instructions at http://help.github.com/mac-set-up-git/ .
(alternate path : brew install git if homebrew is installed)
follow the instructions at http://help.github.com/linux-set-up-git/