"Install Git on Windows" is the query that brings more people to my site than any other. The install pages get the traffic, and then everyone leaves — because installing Git is not the hard part. Knowing what to type in the next ten minutes is. So here are the next ten minutes. Three steps, every command run (git 2.43.0), real output. Works the same in Git Bash on Windows, Terminal on macOS, and any Linux shell. Minute 1–3: tell Git who you are Every commit permanently records...