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Installing Git

To begin using Git, you need to install it. Here’s how to install Git based on your operating system:

• Windows Download the Git installer from git-scm.com. Follow the installation wizard.
• macOS You can use Homebrew (brew install git) or download the installer from git-scm.com.
• Linux Git can be installed via package managers, such as apt (Debian/Ubuntu) or dnf (Fedora).

Once installed, you can check the installation with:

git --version

Configuring Git

Once Git is installed, configure it with your user information:

git config --global user.name "Praveen Oruganti"
git config --global user.email "praveenoruganti@gmail.com"

This ensures that your commits are attributed to the correct author. You can check your configuration by running:

git config --list

I see this in my system.

diff.astextplain.textconv=astextplain
filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f
filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f
filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process
filter.lfs.required=true
http.sslbackend=openssl
http.sslcainfo=C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
core.autocrlf=true
core.fscache=true
core.symlinks=false
pull.rebase=false
credential.helper=manager
credential.https://dev.azure.com.usehttppath=true
init.defaultbranch=master
filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f
filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f
filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process
filter.lfs.required=true
user.name=Praveen Oruganti
user.email=praveenoruganti@gmail.com