Windows

Starting GitForce

On Windows 10, the tool should work out of the box.

On Windows 7: if your OS does not have all updates installed, it could be missing .NET 4 support and you might get this error when starting GitForce:

Please download and install the support from one of these locations:

• • Microsoft support: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=17718

  • GitForce mirror: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gitforce/files/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe

A better solution is to keep your Windows 7 up-to-date with MS updates. The best solution is to upgrade to Windows 10.

Get a git package

Once started, GitForce will check for the presence of git when initially launched. If it does not find it, it will offer to download a msysgit distribution. If you prefer another distribution, cancel this dialog and install git manually.

If you already have git installed somewhere else, browse to it and select its git.exe file.

Click on the Install button and GitForce will download and install a version of git for you.

Follow the standard installation process to install git support.

Install Diff and Merge Tools

Please see section on installing these tools which git will use: Tools