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Setting up Git

This page will help you download the git software package and create a GitHub account. If you already have these things, please skip this part.

Creating a GitHub account

To create a GitHub account, go to their website and follow the steps to sign up. We recommend using a personal email to set up your account rather than your school one, but you can change that field after you create your account.

For a step-by-step guide, follow the steps here.

Downloading Git

This will depend on the type of operating system you have.

Apple: If you are using MacOS, see GitHub on how to download git. If you are not familiar with your command line, try using the installer first before moving to the command line to link your GitHub account.

Windows: Go to GitHub and follow the instructions for downloading Git (or Git Bash) onto your computer. If you get lost, use Stack Overflow, AI tools, the Internet etc. to help you out.

Configuring Git and GitHub

Now that you have downloaded Git and GitHub, it's time to configure the two. The goal here is to link your GitHub account to the Git software that you just downloaded onto your computer. Once you do this, your commits, repositories, and other things you do on your computer will appear when you go online and look at your GitHub account.

There are two parts to this step: setting your Git username and email, and authenticating yourself.

Setting username and email

To set your username and email, follow the instructions for steps 2 and 3 on this webpage. For your username, follow the instructions for setting your Git username for every repository on your computer (unless you have a reason not to). For your email, associate the email address you signed up with (your school or personal email) with your Git, and set this for every repository again.

NOTE: If you are an Apple user, you should be executing these command-line commands on your normal terminal. If you are a Windows user, you should be executing these commands in your Git or Bash terminal that you downloaded earlier, NOT your Windows command line.

Authenticating yourself

For this part, I recommend adding an SSH key. Personally, I've found this easier to set up and deal with.

Next steps

You're now ready to use Git. Star this repository using the button at the top of the page to save it to your list of starred repos. This makes it easier to find it when you come back to this project. Next, go to fork.md to learn how to fork this repository.