How to Set up Git in 3 Steps

• Download Git by running the following command on your terminal:

$ sudo apt-get install git

To confirm whether your download was successful, run:

$ git --version

Here's the output I got on my PC:

• Set your username for every repository on your computer, run:

$ git config --global user.name "Your-GitHub_userName"

To confirm that you have set the Git username correctly, run:

$ git config --global user.name
Your-GitHub_userName

On my PC, the result was:

• Set your commit email address. This is the email address that'll be used to author commits in every repository on your computer your PC and on GitHub. This email address will be added to Git. Run the following command:

$ git config --global user.email "your-email@whatever.com"

Confirm that you have set the email address correctly:

$ git config --global user.email
your-email@whatever.com

NB: You also need to add your email address to your GitHub account.

References

1. Download Git

2. Set your username

3. Set your commit email address