In Part 3 of our “Setup Git for Development” tutorial, are going to begin setting up your identity within Git Bash.  We are going to continue right where Part 2 left off.  It is important to setup your identity that was others you are collaborating with are able to determine which commits are from you.  Many places like GitHub will require them so its system can determine which user made the commit and if they have the appropriate permissions to do so. Continue reading →

In Part 2 of our ‘Setup Git for Development’ tutorial, we are going to continuing setting up Git so we can use it in a development environment.  Part 2 continues where Part 1 left off, we now have Git installed and Git Bash is ready to be used.  It is important to setup your SSH keys as most places will require you to do this in order to access their servers via SSH (for example GitHub). Continue reading →

In this multi-part tutorial, I will be explaining how you can go about setting up your computer to begin develop using the popular distributed version control system, Git.

In part of this tutorial, I will be explaining the process of installing Git to your local computer.  The install process is very simple and if you follow this tutorial it will give you a better understanding of customizing your installation. Continue reading →