Install and Configure Git on Linux and Windows

A Little About Git

in simple words, Git is a software that keeps a record of changes you have made in your file and can always undo those changes whenever you want (obviously not by Ctrl + z) and can also see who has made changes in the file

It is used majorly by developers to maintain their projects but non-developer can also use it. For non-developers, my father will write a blog on how git saves his meeting 😂

Now back to the topic

Steps to Download Git on Windows and Ubuntu

Very Basic, Search git on your favorite search engine (mine google, and Duckduckgo), then click on Downloads

Now you will see something like this depending on your OS

on Windows

on Ubuntu

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Click on Download shown on monitor like image

On Windows, click on 'Click here to download it will download the complete setup

On Ubuntu, these commands will help you to install git. so for this open your terminal by using Application Menu or Ctrl + Alt + T

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Let's First Discuss how to install it on Ubuntu because its shorter than on Windows

Installing Git on Ubuntu

You just have to follow the commands mentioned above to install git

I hope you have opened your terminal

Enter git --version to see if it is already installed or not, if not then you will see something like this

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Now, Use sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa and press enter to continue

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After that, use sudo apt update

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Now the final one, sudo apt install git and press y and just relax and wait for its completion.

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Now check again git --version and you will see this

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Now head to configure a part

Installing Git on Windows

It's not that hard to install, although you see a lot of options to check or uncheck but you don't need to worry. You just have to click on 'next' multiple times without changing anything

I am gonna show you some screen images that you will encounter while installing so if you wanna see them for reference you can or you can just skip them and jump to configure part

[NOTE: If you are a beginner then just follow the steps and don't change anything but if you are experienced and reinstalling git, you can change the options ]

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Configure Git on Both Windows and Ubuntu

On Windows you will use the commands in git bash just right-click in any folder or on your desktop and select Open in Git Bash

On Ubuntu, you can just use your Terminal

Configure Git

The configure part is the same for both the OS

let's set the username which will be used to determine that you have made the commit. For this use the command git config --global user.name your_username In the place of your_username enter your username which you use in your GitHub account
now set your email which is your GitHub account email use git config --global user.email your_email In place of your_email enter your email

On Ubuntu

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