How to Install & Configure Git¶

For Windows User¶

You will need to install Git Bash for Windows.
Just follow the installation instructions on the page and choose the default settings.

For macOS User¶

Open Terminal app on your macOS.
Just copy and paste the following command in your terminal, then hit enter key, to check your git version, it will prompt you to install Git if you haven't already.
```
git --version
```

For Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) User¶

Check Git Installation
```
git --version
```
If it is not already installed, use the following command in shell / terminal
```
sudo apt install git-all
```

For Linux (Fedora) User¶

Check Git Installation
```
git --version
```
If it is not already installed, use the following command in shell / terminal
```
sudo yum install git
```

Configure Git¶

From now onwards, the commands used in this workshop will be done in a terminal window (Windows: Git Bash, macOS: Terminal or whatever shell, Linux: Bash or whatever shell)

Setting up Git username and email address¶

Just letting Git know who you are. If you already have a GitHub account, keep the email address for your Git at local same as your GitHub email address.

To check current username and email address for Git.
It returns nothing if no name/email has been set.

git config --global user.name

git config --global user.email

To set username and email address for Git.
--global means to set for all the repositories on your machine.
If you only want to set for a single repository, do it without the --global flag.

git config --global user.name "Tom Cruise"

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Reference: - Getting Started - Installing Git