Installing Posh-Git for a superior Git Command line experience

Posh Git uses a powershell session to host git and allows for a much better git experience on windows.

As an example, my git prompt displays as follows:

First part is the current path, master is the branch that i'm on.

Green shows files are added, modified or removed in the current commit,
Red shows files are added, modified or removed which are not part of the current commit,
 

How to install Posh-Git

1) Open powershell

2) Enter the following:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser -Confirm

Answer Yes to any prompts that appear.

3) Enter the following to install NuGet (if you haven't already):

PowerShellGet\Install-Module NuGet -Scope CurrentUser -Force

4) Enter the following to install Posh-Git:

PowerShellGet\Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser -Force

5) Import Posh-Git into powershell:

Import-Module posh-git

6) Set powershell to import Posh-Git by default:

Add-PoshGitToProfile -AllHosts

That's it, navigate to a folder containing a git repo to discover the magic.

Original Articles:
Dahlbyk - Posh-Git
Computering For Geeks - Posh-Git