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git version 2.40.0
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Otherwise, you will need to [install git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git) or ask for support on your Slack channel.
If Git is not installed, you will see an error instead, saying that `git` was not found or not recognised. In that case you will need to [install git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git) or ask for support on your Slack channel.

{{<note type="tip" title="Installed Git but the command still fails?">}}
A terminal that was already open before you installed Git cannot see it. After installing:

1. Close your terminal completely and open a new one.
2. Run `git --version` again.
3. If it still fails, restart your computer and try once more.

If VSCode was open while you installed Git, fully quit and reopen it too, or it will not find Git either.
{{</note>}}
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