Silent or Unattended Installation

Using Command-Line Options

It is possible to install Git for Windows silently using the following flags when called from a command-line prompt:

Git-<version>-<bitness>.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /NOCANCEL /SP- /CLOSEAPPLICATIONS /RESTARTAPPLICATIONS /COMPONENTS="icons,ext\reg\shellhere,assoc,assoc_sh"

Using Installer Options From a File

You can also load install parameters from a file with /LOADINF="filename", and you can record parameters to a file using /SAVEINF="filename".

Example for saving selected options to a file:

Git-<version>-<bitness>.exe /SAVEINF=git_options.ini

Example reusing that previously created file to silently install Git in unattended mode:

Git-<version>-<bitness>.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /NOCANCEL /LOADINF=git_options.ini

An example of a parameter file is:

[Setup]
Lang=default
Dir=C:\Program Files\Git
Group=Git
NoIcons=0
SetupType=default
Components=gitlfs,assoc,assoc_sh,windowsterminal
Tasks=
EditorOption=VIM
CustomEditorPath=
DefaultBranchOption=main
PathOption=Cmd
SSHOption=OpenSSH
TortoiseOption=false
CURLOption=WinSSL
CRLFOption=CRLFCommitAsIs
BashTerminalOption=MinTTY
GitPullBehaviorOption=Merge
UseCredentialManager=Enabled
PerformanceTweaksFSCache=Enabled
EnableSymlinks=Disabled
EnablePseudoConsoleSupport=Disabled
EnableFSMonitor=Disabled

Installer Options

You can find all of the possible flags to use by calling the installer with the /? flag (for the options supported by InnoSetup out of the box), and by inspecting the install.iss file (for custom options added only to Git for Windows' installer).

Custom Installer Options

A list of installer custom options as of Git for Windows v2.42.0.windows.2 is below:

Key	Values	Default	Remark
EditorOption	Nano, VIM, Notepad++, VisualStudioCode, VisualStudioCodeInsiders, SublimeText, Atom, VSCodium, Notepad, Wordpad, CustomEditor	VIM
CustomEditorPath			Path and options for custom text editor (only in combination with EditorOption=CustomEditor)
DefaultBranchOption			Default branch name
PathOption	BashOnly, Cmd, CmdTools	Cmd
SSHOption	OpenSSH, ExternalOpenSSH, Plink	OpenSSH
TortoiseOption	true, false	false	Only in combination with SSHOption=Plink
CurlOption	OpenSSL, WinSSL	OpenSSL
CRLFOption	LFOnly, CRLFAlways, CRLFCommitAsIs	CRLFAlways
BashTerminalOption	MinTTY, ConHost	MinTTY
GitPullBehaviorOption	Merge, Rebase, FFOnly	Merge
UseCredentialManager	Enabled, Disabled, Core	Enabled	Core does exactly the same as Enabled and exists for historical reasons
PerformanceTweaksFSCache	Enabled, Disabled	Enabled
EnableSymlinks	Auto, Enabled, Disabled	Auto
AddmandatoryASLRsecurityexceptions	Auto, Enabled, Disabled	Auto
EnableBuiltinDifftool	Auto, Enabled, Disabled	Auto
EnableBuiltinRebase	Auto, Enabled, Disabled	Auto
EnableBuiltinStash	Auto, Enabled, Disabled	Auto
EnableBuiltinInteractiveAdd	Auto, Enabled, Disabled	Auto
EnablePseudoConsoleSupport	Auto, Enabled, Disabled	Auto
EnableFSMonitor	Auto, Enabled, Disabled	Auto