GitHub Desktop provides an easy-to-use GUI to execute the GitHub workflow, in a manner that is consistent across Windows and macOS. Consistency is highly valuable when on-boarding new or junior team members or if you're not a frequent contributor to the code base.
- Execute the installation command:
For Windows:
PS> choco install git github-desktop -y
For macOS:
$ brew install git && brew cask install github-desktop
- Verify your Git installation by executing git --version and observe the version number returned
You will need to restart your Terminal after the installation of a new CLI tool. However, you can avoid relaunching your Terminal and save some time by refreshing or sourcing your environment variables. ...
