How to run jq from gitbash in windows?

Question

I have gitbash in Windows. I am trying to run jq but its giving me error.

$ ./jq-win64.exe 
jq 
parse error: Invalid numeric litera         


        

Answer 1

I hate answers that say you need another to use another tool to download, but using https://chocolatey.org/ made this incredibly simple for me.

From an elevated command-prompt, run:

choco install jq

jq magically works from bash going forward.