Installing Git

To begin, you will need to download and install Git on your development machine. Visit https://git-scm.com/downloads for more information. The installation instructions are easy to follow.

Configuring SSH

Rather than having to authenticate with GitHub every time you connect to it, you can configure your development machine to connect with SSH using automatic authentication. Follow the instructions at https://help.github.com/articles/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/ for details. Again, the configuration instructions are easy to follow.

Once installed, two new menu options will be added to your mouse (right-click) context menu:

In the preceding screenshot, the mod folder is selected. Now, choose the Git Bash Here...