diff --git a/Contributors.md b/Contributors.md index a84fd8da..e3cf5357 100644 --- a/Contributors.md +++ b/Contributors.md @@ -1141,6 +1141,8 @@ Cody LeRoy - [Harkirat Cheema](https://github.com/harry-cheema07) - [Harshita Upadhyay](https://github.com/harshita130602) - [Satyam Rai](https://github.com/Satyam-R) +- [Manish Yadav](https://github.com/manishyadav951) +- [Muhammed Shittu](https://github.com/devshittu) - [Tabish Khan](https://github.com/tabishkh-an) - [Samrood Ali](https://github.com/SamroodAli) - [Marcus Otterstad](https://github.com/marcusotterstad) diff --git a/additional-material/git_workflow_scenarios/installing-git-ubuntu.md b/additional-material/git_workflow_scenarios/installing-git-ubuntu.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d02d33fa --- /dev/null +++ b/additional-material/git_workflow_scenarios/installing-git-ubuntu.md @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +Installing Git Ubuntu OS +=== + +Git by default is likely already installed in your Ubuntu OS . You can confirm this by launching your terminal and entering following command in to your terminal: + +```shell +$ git --version +``` + +If you receive output similar to the following, then Voila! you have readily installed Git on your machine. +```shell +Output +$ git version 2.34.1 +``` + +If this applies to you, proceed to [set up git](#set-up-git) below. + +If a Git version number was not on the output as shown above, you can still install it using Ubuntu's APT default package manager. + +Update your local package index first by using the apt package management tools. Head back to your terminal and enter the following command. + +```shell +$ sudo apt update +``` +Once this is completed, then enter the following command to install in Git: +```shell +$ sudo apt install git +``` +You can confirm that you have installed Git correctly by running the following command and checking that you receive relevant output. +```shell +$ git --version +``` +```shell +Output +$ git version 2.34.1 +``` +With Git successfully installed, you can now proceed below by setting it up. + +# Set up Git +Configuration can be achieved by using the git config command. +Specifically, you need to provide your name and email address because Git embeds this information into each commit you do. +You can add this information by typing: + + +Now that we are done with installing Git, let us configure it for first time use using "git config" command. +We need to make sure your username and email address are set correctly. To set them, use the command: + +```shell +$ git config --global user.name "Your Name" +$ git config --global user.email "youremail@domain.com" +``` +You can display all the configuration items that have been set by entering the following command in your terminal: + +```shell +$ git config --list +``` + +If all config field have been set up to your need the output should look something like + +```shell +user.name=Your Name +user.email=youremail@domain.com +``` +...