Silent or Unattended Installation - git-for-windows/git GitHub Wiki

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 during an interactive run started from the command-line:

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`