Git and GitHub

Day2

After installing Ubuntu 18.0.4 LTS on my system, i decide to install and configure git on my system. It makes working on Projects very easy. Having a GitHub account is like a necessity these days because it not only helps you showcase your skills and projects that you have made, but also, it provides immense resource of projects of your domain. There are numerous Open Source projects available on GitHub which a user can fork and then can apply his/her skills on it. 2nd most important benefit of installing git on a system is that, via this you can work in a team, changes being made while developing a project is immense, via this you can connect with your peers very easily and can work in collaboration.

Steps to Install Git and GitHub on Ubuntu 18.0.4 LTS

First, use the apt package management tools to update your local package index. With the update complete, you can download and install Git:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git

You can confirm that you have installed Git correctly by running the following command:

git --version

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "youremail@domain.com"

We can see all of the configuration items that have been set by typing:

git config --list

Output:

user.name=Your Name
user.email=youremail@domain.com

For a new project, add a repository to your github account. If you want to work on an existing project, open that repository go to clone, then download as Zip or copy Url.