- Create an account at Github - skip if you already have Github account
- There’s nothing to install
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Installed Homebrew - OS X Package Manager (skip this step if you already have Homebrew installed)
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)
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Open your terminal and install Git using Homebrew
brew install git
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Verify the installation was successful by typing
git --version
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In Git packages are available via apt
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From your terminal first update you apt by running command
sudo apt-get update
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Now install git by running command
sudo apt-get install git
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Verify the installation was successful by typing command
git --version
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Configure your Git username and email using the following commands. These details will be associated with any commits that you create
git config --global user.name “YOUR USERNAME” git config --global user.email “YOUR EMAIL”
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Use the same email address you used with your GitHub account
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(Optional) To make Git remember your username and password follow add new ssh key to your github account.