Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
What is version control, and why should you care? Version control is a system that records changes to a file or set of files over time so that you can recall specific versions later. Even though the examples in this book show software source code as the files under version control, in reality any type of file on a computer can be placed under version control.
If you are a graphic or web designer and want to keep every version of an image or layout (which you certainly would), it is very wise to use a Version Control System (VCS). A VCS allows you to: revert files back to a previous state, revert the entire project back to a previous state, review changes made over time, see who last modified something that might be causing a problem, who introduced an issue and when, and more. Using a VCS also means that if you screw things up or lose files, you can generally recover easily. In addition, you get all this for very little overhead.
Install git on debian 7
Open the terminal and run the following command
sudo apt-get install git-core
How to Setup Git
After Git is installed you need to copy your username and email in the gitconfig file. Using the nano command “sudo nano ~/.gitconfig” will open a completely blank page, as you have just done a fresh install. Insert the necessary information with the following
git config –global user.name “NewUser”
git config –global user.email [email protected]
You can see all of your settings with this command:
git config –list
You can check the git documentation about how to use git.
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The git config instructions are wrong. If you create the ~/.gitconfig file manually you should enter this instead:
[user]
name = some name
email = some email
The ‘git config’ console calls will create this kind of structure.