Setting up Git on Your Machine
Setting up git on your machine
Setting up git on your machine
Install Git for Windows
Install Git for Windows
Quick Setup
Quick Setup
Just use the default answers for all the items, except:
Editor choose Notepad++
Default Branch choose "main"
"Line-ending conversions" choose "Checkout as is, commit as-is"
Long Step-by-step Setup
Long Step-by-step Setup
More detailed instructions for setting up Git on your machine: Git for Windows Setup
Set up your Git Identity
Set up your Git Identity
Configure your local Git installation to identify yourself to Git:
git config --global user.name "username"
git config --global user.email "email_address"
Set up a github account
Set up a github account
Create a github account
Create a github account
Use your preferred email account
You may want to set up ssh credentials
Set up SSH
Set up SSH
SSH is a convenient way to control access to your github repositories.
See https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh