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Mention WinGet for installing Git on Windows

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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
82/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
git
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start at the Windows installation section (1.5), where Git for Windows and Chocolatey are currently mentioned. Add the winget installation method using Git.Git, while preserving the existing options. Done means the Windows section clearly includes this command-line installation path.

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Description

enhancement
General overview of your idea.

The Windows install section (1.5) tells you to get Git for Windows from the website or Chocolatey. Nowadays, Windows users can use winget to install Git.Git. It's very easy, so it should be mentioned.

What problem will this solve?

In the macOS install section, the command line installation method is mentioned first because it's easy and official (as in first-party). At the time, Windows didn't have a similar method, but now it does.

Have you thought about other solutions?

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Yes

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