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Git installation

Installation, setup & getting help

  • check if installed in terminal/command-line by git --version
  • official source
    • you can go with the Git Credential Manager Core option
  • register a Github account
  • set up your Git using git config
    • name: git config --global user.name "<your name>"
    • email: git config --global user.email <your email>
    • text editor: git config --global core.editor "code --wait" (for VS code)
    • diff tool: git config --global merge.tool vimdiff
      • don't worry about the diff tool, we will talk about it later

  • configuration variables stored in 3 different places:

    • /etc/gitconfig file - values for every user on the system and all repositories
      • git config --system
    • ~/.gitconfig file - specific to the user
      • git config --global
    • .git/config in the specific repository
      • each level overrides values in the previous level

  • check your settings using git config --list or git config <specific key>

  • to get help even offline usegit help <verb> or git <verb> --help

    • e.g. git help config