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Our first step in working with Git is configuring it with your own name and information.
Let’s make sure Git has been successfully installed. In your terminal, type
git --version
If you see a version number, you’re all set. If not, click here and install as you would any other software on your system.
Before we get started, we’ll want to configure git so that it can identify who we are. This information is useful because it connects identifying information with the changes you make in your repository.
Type the following into your command line, filling in the sections—below labelled “John Doe”—for your name and email. This does not necessarily need to be the name and email you used to sign up for GitHub.
git config --global user.name "John Doe"
git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com
To check your set-up, use:
git config --list
You’ll get something that looks like this:
user.name=Superstar Git User
user.email=gitsuperstar@gmail.com
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