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| author | Ben Bodenmiller <bbodenmiller@hotmail.com> | 2019-02-05 22:58:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-02-05 22:58:43 +0000 |
| commit | 67e7a15e508b3bc87fae9f131174b19a100906d9 (patch) | |
| tree | f678209fa71de2a438769cca70a10beac2a35de2 | |
| parent | a1566898491180917a3437f5fdf61582e915efcc (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-67e7a15e508b3bc87fae9f131174b19a100906d9.tar.gz | |
docs: improve OpenSSH installation on Windows options
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ssh/README.md | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ssh/README.md b/doc/ssh/README.md index 09a97fcea07..80de39c207a 100644 --- a/doc/ssh/README.md +++ b/doc/ssh/README.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ comes pre-installed on GNU/Linux and macOS, but not on Windows. Depending on your Windows version, there are different methods to work with SSH keys. -### Installing the SSH client for Windows 10 +### Windows 10: Windows Subsystem for Linux Starting with Windows 10, you can [install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10) @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ where you can run Linux distributions directly on Windows, without the overhead of a virtual machine. Once installed and set up, you'll have the Git and SSH clients at your disposal. -### Installing the SSH client for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 +### Windows 10, 8.1, and 7: Git for Windows The easiest way to install Git and the SSH client on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 -is [Git for Windows](https://gitforwindows.org). It provides a BASH +is [Git for Windows](https://gitforwindows.org). It provides a Bash emulation (Git Bash) used for running Git from the command line and the `ssh-keygen` command that is useful to create SSH keys as you'll learn below. |