From 7b66faa3451b57a574ef8d7f39b2a0aae3f1e2d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eamon Burns Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:43:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Remove GitHub Desktop installation instructions Github Desktop does not bundle Git. - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/12051 - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/18234 This documentation hasn't been fixed for 4 and a half years. --- git-guides/install-git.md | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-guides/install-git.md b/git-guides/install-git.md index f28b84980..422acf5be 100644 --- a/git-guides/install-git.md +++ b/git-guides/install-git.md @@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ To see if you already have Git installed, open up your terminal application. Once you've opened your terminal application, type `git version`. The output will either tell you which version of Git is installed, or it will alert you that `git` is an unknown command. If it's an unknown command, read further and find out how to install Git. -## Install Git Using GitHub Desktop - -Installing GitHub Desktop will also install the latest version of Git if you don't already have it. With GitHub Desktop, you get a command-line version of Git with a robust GUI. Regardless of if you have Git installed or not, GitHub Desktop offers a simple collaboration tool for Git. You can [learn more here](https://desktop.github.com/). - ## Install Git on Windows 1. Navigate to the latest [Git for Windows installer](https://gitforwindows.org/) and download the latest version.