Hello All , This is brand new beginning of git tutorial series , in this series will walk you through to get up and running with git and will cover many as possible topics related git SCM ( source code management system ),
Intro :
If you have developed anything before you may be familiar with the term source control , or if you are totally new in development then git is source code management system , it control different part of your source code keep it as snapshot , what it means if you make some changes in your code and that break things , then you can use SCM to revert back to previous stage , that what it do its distributed revision and source code management software.
Well that’s enough for introduction let’s get started with installing GIT in your system
Download And Install :
**1 : Installing Git in Mac **
**steps : **
Go to http://www.git-scm.com/
Download git package for mac
or click on download button
Install it like other mac softwares
Alternatively you can install using homebrew
brew install git
add bash completion
if [ -f `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion ]; then
. `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion
fi
Now open your application > utilities > terminal
and type :
git --version
All means git is working on your mac .. that’s great
additionally as a tip
as git bash completion on your bash_profile file :
open .bash_profile in any code editor and add these lines
if [ -f /opt/local/etc/bash_completion ]; then . /opt/local/etc/bash_completion fi
2 : Installation On Linux
Installing Git In Linux Very Simple open terminal and follow steps
Steps :
On Ubuntu
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install git-core
On Fedora
sudo yum install git-core
you can verify installation using same technique by opening terminal and typing
git --version
3 : Installing Git On Windows
for installing git in windows download windows executable from http:/www.git-scm.com
or download directly
after download install like normal choose unix style committing on git bash option
Now Open Git Bash and type
git --version
you are good to go
please drop your installation questions in forum
