how to install and setup git

requirement ? initial expectation ? final result ?

requirement: git --version should display installed version on the system

initial expectation: command git not found

final result: git version 2.34.1

what the git ? chillx, git is a free, open source and easy to use distributed version control system

installation

visit official git website and follow below setup steps as per your system os

linux

0. run git --version in terminal (if it displays git version, skip to step 4)

1. update local package index

sudo apt update

what the apt ? chillx, apt is advanced package tool is a package management tool used in debian and ubuntu based systems for installation and removal of software packages.

sudo apt update neither installs nor upgrades any packages, it just retrieves latest information of available packages from repositories.

2. install git via apt

sudo apt install git

3. check if git is installed

4. enjoy

macos

0. run git --version in terminal (if it displays git version, skip to step 4)

1. install brew, if you haven't already

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

2. install git from brew

brew install git

3. check if git is installed

git --version

4. enjoy

windows

-1. switch to linux ( :) )

0. run git --version in terminal (if it displays git version, skip to step 4)

1. download .exe file from here based on your system (32 or 64 bit)

2. follow steps as mentioned in installer, click on next, keep everything default as you might not need to change anything default

let it extract

enable “launch git bash” checkbox and click on finish, it will open git bash for you

3. check if git is installed

git --version

4. enjoy

setup

once git is installed on to your machine, set your git user name and email

git config --global user.name "Vishnuprakash P"
git config --global user.email "Vishnuprakash.P@example.com"

you can check if everything was ok by running below command,

git config --global --list