If you'd rather use a Windows UI tool to manage your git repositories, this is also possible. A wide range are available.
+*NOTE*: While cloning submodules, the ``git clone`` command may print some output starting ``': not a valid identifier...``. This is a `known issue`_ but the git clone still succeeds without any problems.
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Step 3: Starting a project
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.. _Eclipse: eclipse-setup.rst
.. _MSYS2: https://msys2.github.io/
.. _github: https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf-template
+.. _known issue: https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/11