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
```
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