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

If you have already installed git , you can update the git with the command git update-git-for-windows

to know the current version use git --version

you can run this commands in cmd prompt