How to upgrade Git on Windows to the latest version?

Question

I just upgraded to Git 1.8.0.1 for Windows, from my previous version 1.7.9.mysysgit.0. I downloaded the new version from the Git site and installed through the normal Git in

Answer 1

Just give the following command with your command prompt.

git update-git-for-windows

This will ask you a confirmation as follows. Press Y to proceed.

Once the files are dowloaded, Continue with normal installation procedures. You can check the git version after finishing installation with the following command

git version

For me, the result was as follows.