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Git for Windows vs Windows Package Manager CLI

A side-by-side look at Git for Windows and Windows Package Manager CLI. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Git for Windows

Git for Windows

Development

Git for Windows is a free and open source distributed version control system for Windows. It provides access to the latest release of Git as well as an optional Bash emulation to run Git from the command line.

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Windows Package Manager CLI

Windows Package Manager CLI

Os & Utilities

The Windows Package Manager CLI (winget) is a command line tool that allows you to discover, install, upgrade, remove and configure applications on Windows 10 computers. It provides an interface to manage apps from the command line similar to apt or yum on Linux.

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