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What is the simplest (to install and use) git client for Windows nowadays?

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msysgit and TortoiseGit / GitCheetah

Franci Penov
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    I'm a long time user of TortoiseSVN, will I get the same/similar user experience (aka/ smaller learning curve) if I choose TortoiseGit? – Trav L Jan 14 '10 at 01:50
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    I had heaps of problems with SSH+msygit. IMHO do yourself a favour and just use Cygwin. – cletus Jan 14 '10 at 03:00
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    The whole po9int of TortoiseGit is to provide the same level of convenience and a similar environment for people used to TortoiseSVN – Franci Penov Jan 14 '10 at 03:07
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Apart from others have already said, there is also SmartGit.

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    @Kuroki, if I understand correctly, it's actually git which has problems with Unicode characters in filenames (on Windows). – Benjol Nov 29 '10 at 14:17
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    [SmartGit requires JRE](http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/download.html?all=true) and isn't open source. On the other hand, it has a portable version from which you can remove the JRE, and it's free for non-commercial use. – Dan Dascalescu Jan 07 '13 at 05:45
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msysgit is, like everyone else said, wonderful.

You should also look into Git Extensions for visual studio integration, which I find I can't live without.

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I just use the one in Cygwin, although many people are looking forward to msysgit once its out of the preview stage. If they make it a no-brainer to install (like in Cygwin), it would be nice.

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I had serious issues with negotiating SSL connections with msygit+putty. It's so much easier on cygwin. I even wrote up a guide on it. See Windows Git Tutorial: Cygwin, SSH and Projectlocker.

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    Why not use native SSH? Much easier. I just placed .ssh folder in my user directory and never worried about it. Of course it has to be a passwordless key in order not to type the password in all the time. – Igor Zevaka Jan 14 '10 at 03:16