/how-to-git

How to use Git and GitHub

How to Git

This repo teaches you the basics of how to use git and GitHub

First things first

How to install git on windows.

There are two main ways to use git, through the git GUI and through git bash. Git bash provides more agility and productivity while the GUI prioritizes ease of use.

To install both go to Git for windows and download the latest version available for your system.

> Run the downloaded file as Administrator 1 > Most of the settings can be left as default, one that might be worth changing is the default editor used by git. It comes with vim pre-selected which uses a paradigm that's different than most of the common text editors and will probably piss you off if you're not used to it. For the rest of this tutorial, I'll be using VS Code, feel free to choose whichever you think is best.

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Let the installer do its magic and we're done.

Say hi to Git Bash

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And Git GUI

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There are also a few other ways to use git such as GitHub desktop and built-in functions on IDEs (VS Code and Atom, for instance)