Configure Git for the first time

When you start using Git in a new computer you need to setup some basic steps to configure Git for the first time, and to be ready to work in a git console.

Install Git

The install process could be different for each OS:

• MacOS:
• Install via HomeBrew (brew install git)
• Install via MacPorts (sudo port install git)
• Go to https://git-scm.com/download/mac and install the package manually
• Linux
• Debian/Ubuntu (sudo apt-get install git)
• CentOS (sudo yum install git)
• Fedora (sudo yum install git-core)
• Windows
• Go to https://git-scm.com/download/win and install the package manually.

Configure Git for the first time

• Global variables
• Set the git global user name (git config --global user.name "myname")
• Set the git global email (git config --global user.email "my@email.com")