How to Install Git on your Computer and Create an Account on GitHub

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How to Install Git on your Computer and Create an Account on GitHub

In this article, you will learn to install Git on your computer and also create a personal account on GitHub

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How to install Git on windows

  1. Download Git from this link: git-scm.com/download/win

  2. Double-click the downloaded exe file to begin the installation.

  3. Leave the default options by clicking next.

  4. Git should begin to install and once the installation is done, you can click on finish.

How to set up an account on GitHub

Go to github.com and sign up for an account. Don't forget to verify your email.

Last but not the least, open your command prompt (by searching cmd on your computer), then configure your user name and email address for Git by running the following command separately on your command prompt:

git config --global user.name "input your GitHub username"
git config --global user.email "input your GitHub email"

The above command will help you set up your username and email for all git repositories.

You can check this link to see how to install Git for other operating systems: git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Inst..

Check out:

. What is Git? What is GitHub?

. How to use Git and GitHub for your personal Project

. How to Contribute to Open Source Project