Now that you have downloaded Git, it's time to start using it. Read the Book. Dive into the Pro Git book and learn at your own pace. Download a GUI. Several free and commercial GUI tools are available for the Mac platform. Get Involved. A knowledgeable Git community is available to answer your questions. Before we can begin using Git, we first need to install it.We could go out to the homepage of the Git Open Sourceproject, and we'd find installer files there for both Mac, and Windows,but a much easier way to install it is through the installationof the GitHub client, which is also available for both Mac and Windows.Not only is this going to give us the client that we're.

Did you (finally) migrate from Windows to Mac and the only thing you miss is the lovely Git Bash?You have no idea what the Git Bash is (or Windows for that matters) and yet you really want to improve your Git experience on Mac?

Here it comes the Git Bash for Mac: a nice Terminal customisation that always shows you the branch you are on, powered by a tab-based autocompletion for all of Git’s subcommands, command-line parameters, and remotes and ref names.

Install

Follow these steps:

1. from the Terminal, run

2. open Terminal -> Preferences -> Profiles and select the Pro theme;
3. restart the Terminal and enjoy!

Uninstall

Follow these steps:

1. from the Terminal, run

Git Install Command Linux

2. open Terminal -> Preferences -> Profiles and select the theme you used to have;
3. restart the Terminal and (un)enjoy!

Customize

You don't like the colors of your new prompt? Open ~/.git-bash-for-mac.sh and start messing up with it!

In addition, by simply exporting a couple of variables in ~/.git-bash-for-mac.sh you can make you prompt even more informative:

• if you set export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=1, unstaged (*) and staged (+) changes will be shown next to the branch name;
• if you set export GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE=1 and something is stashed then a '$' will be shown next to the branch name;
• if you set export GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES=1 and there are untracked files then a '%' will be shown next to the branch name.

More info and options can be found here.

By: Robert Outlaw

Git isn’t usually set up by default on your computer, so you need toinstall and configure it before you can start using it to manage yourcode. It’s important to keep Git up to date, just like all the othersoftware on your machine. Updates protect you from securityvulnerabilities, fix bugs, and give you access to new features.

The recommended method of installing and maintaining Git is provided forthree major platforms below.

Windows

Download and install Git for Windows. Once installed, you’ll beable to use Git from the command prompt or PowerShell. We recommend thatyou stick with the defaults selected during the installation unless youhave a good reason to change them.

Git for Windows does not automatically update. Update Git for Windows bydownloading a new version of the installer, which will update Git forWindows in place and keep all of your settings.

macOS

macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) or higher will install Git the first time you tryto run Git from the Terminal. This is an easy way to get Git on yoursystem, but you can’t control exactly how often you get updates orsecurity fixes for Git.

We recommend installing Git through Homebrew andusing the Homebrew tools to keep Git up to date. Homebrew is a great wayto install and manage open source development tools on your Mac from thecommand line.

Install Homebrew and run the following to install anup to date version of Git on your Mac:

> brew install git

To update your Git install, use Homebrew’s upgrade option:

> brew upgrade git

A graphical installer for Git on macOS is also available from theofficial Git website.

Linux

Use your Linux distribution’s package management system to install andupdate Git. For example, on Ubuntu:

> sudo apt-get install git

Configure Git

Set up your name and email address before starting to work with Git onyour computer. Git attaches this information to your changes and letsothers identify which changes are yours.

Run the following commands from the command prompt after installing Gitto configure this information:

> git config --global user.name 'Jamal Hartnett'

> git config --global user.email 'jamal@fabrikam.com'

Visual Studio offers a great out of the box Git experience without anyadditional tooling. Learn more in our Visual Studio Git tutorial.

Get started with unlimited free private Git repos in Azure Repos.

Configure Git Windows