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Setting up Git and Github

Git Installation

  • In Debian based systems, install git by the command sudo apt install git.
  • Usually, most of the Linux systems comes with git pre-installed.
  • In windows, download the installer from (https://gitforwindows.org/). Run it with administrator privileges. Accept the default values and choose Windows Command Prompt for accessing git.
  • Verify the installation by git --version in terminal/Command Prompt
  • Once you installed git define global username and mail ID from terminal or command prompt.
$ git config --global user.name "Your Name"   
$ git config --global user.email "your@mail.id"

Github Account and gh-cli

  • the account registration with github.com is straightforward
  • for safety it is recommended to use github-cli. You can download the binaries from here: https://cli.github.com/
  • it can be used without github-cli however the process is time consuming and you have to create tokens and save it locally in your machine.
  • once it is installed authenticate it using gh auth login
  • once you authenticated through the browser you can access your github repositories from terminal without need to use browser or app