With that said, let's install. The installation of GitHub Desktop is as simple as any other Windows application installation. All you need to do is:. The next step is to sign in with your GitHub credentials. If you don't already have a GitHub login, head over to the signup page and create a new free account. With a repository cloned to your local drive, you can start working on it locally and then compare, merge, rebase, and more.
Once your work is complete, you can push it back to GitHub by clicking Repository Push. If you work with a team, you can create new pull requests by clicking Repository Pull. If you attempt to open your project in a command prompt, you might find that Git hasn't been installed. That's right, even though GitHub Desktop does depend on Git, it doesn't install that dependency. Fortunately, you can install Git from within GitHub Desktop.
Click Install git Figure C , and your browser will open to a window with a download link for the Git installer. Walk through this process it's very straightforward. The output will either tell you which version of Git is installed, or it will alert you that git is an unknown command.
If it's an unknown command, read further and find out how to install Git. Installing GitHub Desktop will also install the latest version of Git if you don't already have it. Regardless of if you have Git installed or not, GitHub Desktop offers a simple collaboration tool for Git. You can learn more here. Note: git-scm is a popular and recommended resource for downloading Git for Windows.
The advantage of downloading Git from git-scm is that your download automatically starts with the latest version of Git included with the recommended command prompt, Git Bash. The download source is the same Git for Windows installer as referenced in the steps above. Most versions of MacOS will already have Git installed, and you can activate it through the terminal with git version.
However, if you don't have Git installed for whatever reason, you can install the latest version of Git using one of several popular methods as listed below:. Note: git-scm is a popular and recommended resource for downloading Git on a Mac. The advantage of downloading Git from git-scm is that your download automatically starts with the latest version of Git.
The download source is the same macOS Git Installer as referenced in the steps above. Homebrew is a popular package manager for macOS. If you already have Homwbrew installed, you can follow the below steps to install Git:.
Fun fact: Git was originally developed to version the Linux operating system! So, it only makes sense that it is easy to configure to run on Linux.
On Mavericks If you want a more up to date version, you can also install it via a binary installer. There are also a few ways to install Git on Windows.
The most official build is available for download on the Git website. To get an automated installation you can use the Git Chocolatey package. Note that the Chocolatey package is community maintained.
The binary installers tend to be a bit behind, though as Git has matured in recent years, this has made less of a difference. If you do want to install Git from source, you need to have the following libraries that Git depends on: autotools, curl, zlib, openssl, expat, and libiconv. In order to be able to add the documentation in various formats doc, html, info , these additional dependencies are required:. When you have all the necessary dependencies, you can go ahead and grab the latest tagged release tarball from several places.
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