Install Git for Windows (https://github.com/git-for-windows/git) without bash

install-git-cmd-only.ps1

if(!(Get-Command git -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {

  $gitDir = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\CustomGit"
  if(Test-Path $gitDir) { Remove-Item -Path $gitDir -Recurse -Force }
  New-Item -Path $gitDir -ItemType Directory
  $gitLatestReleaseApi = (Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/releases/latest).Content | ConvertFrom-Json
  $mingitObject = $gitLatestReleaseApi.assets `
    | Where-Object {$_.name -match "MinGit-[\d.]*?-64-bit.zip"} `
    | Select-Object browser_download_url

  Write-Host "Matching asset count: $((Measure-Object -InputObject $mingitObject).Count)"

  if ((Measure-Object -InputObject $mingitObject).Count -eq 1) {
    $mingitObject `
      | ForEach-Object { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $_.browser_download_url -UseBasicParsing -OutFile "$gitDir\mingit.zip" }

    Write-Host "Installing latest release fetched from github api!"
  } else {
    Write-Host "There were more than one mingit assets found in the latest release!"
    Write-Host "Installing release 2.26.2 instead!"

    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/latest/download/MinGit-2.26.2-64-bit.zip" -UseBasicParsing -OutFile "$gitDir\mingit.zip"
  }

  Expand-Archive -Path "$gitDir\mingit.zip" -DestinationPath "$gitDir"
  #Copy-Item -Path "$gitDir\mingit\cmd\git.exe" -Destination "$gitDir\git.exe" -Recurse
  Remove-Item -Path "$gitDir\mingit.zip" -Recurse -Force

  if(([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)) -notlike "*$gitDir*") {
    Write-Host "Updating PATH"
    [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User) + ";$gitDir\cmd", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)
  }
}

Any chance you'd consider adding this to Chocolatey? After searching, I'm shocked that there doesn't seem to be a minimal git package. I've only been able to find packages for the full install and the portable install. I'm also not that familiar with Chocolatey packages, so it may not even apply, but it would be so useful to be able to install MinGit with choco without all the excess crap.

@electr0sheep Yes, I've already planned on doing that, but haven't found time for it yet! I'll post a link here when it's available.