Git — Get Started

Installation

Windows

Download from git-scm.com

macOS

brew install git

Linux

sudo apt-get install git

Verify Installation

git --version

Initial Configuration

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "your@email.com"
git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

View Configuration

git config --list
git config user.name

Create Repository

# New repository
mkdir my-project
cd my-project
git init

# Existing directory
cd existing-project
git init

First Commit

echo "# My Project" > README.md
git add README.md
git commit -m "Initial commit"

Mini Practice

1. Install Git
2. Configure settings
3. Create a repository
4. Make first commit

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