Guide to root your Moto G! Step 2 of 3

Proceeding with the guide...

Unlocking the boot loader

Power off the Android device.
Now press the power button and the volume down simultaneously for a few seconds
The fastboot screen comes on the phone.
Be careful on what you are doing here. Do nothing for now.
Connect your Moto G to your windows PC/ laptop using the USB cable.
And follow the clearcut instructions given to you by Motorola on unlocking the boot loader from here:
Motorola Unlocking the Bootloader

Your device is now unlocked. There will be a "Bootloader Unlocked" message at the time you power on the device. like this you can ignore it

Now that you have unlocked it we are moving on to the next step.

Flashing the Custom Recovery

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about this Guide
* before doing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.*/

We need to flash the recovery.img that we have previously downloaded.

Before doing please see to that the USB debugging option is enabled in the Developer options Settings. If not enable it.

Power off the Android device.

Now press the power button and the volume down button simultaneously to get into the bootloader.

It must say that your device is unlocked with status code 3.

Connect your device to your computer using the USB cable. In your phone it will say USB connected.

Now that it is connected open up a command prompt in the folder where you have downloaded the recovery image by right clicking while pressing the shift key.

fastboot devices

The above command will list your device. proceed to the next step.

Please rename the downloaded philz recovery image file as recovery.img. Now Enter this command:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

It might say partition size mismatch but its ok. Enter the next command.

fastboot reboot

It wil boot normally. Now place the SuperSu.zip file into your device by connecting with computer using USB cable. Place it any folder but remember the path.

Power off the Moto G and boot into the bootloader by pressing the power button and the volume down button simultaneously.
Select the recovery option by pressing the volume down button once and pressing the volume up button

Choose "Install Zip". Then select "Choose zip from /sdcard". Now select the folder in which the SuperSu.zip is present. And select the zip file. Select yes install zip and it will install the zip. When it finishes touch once anywhere and then select "Go Back". then select "Reboot System now".

And you are done!! Your Moto G is now rooted!

Next step is the important step proceed.
Next Step:Step 3 - What to do now?

Previously:Step 1 - Initial setup