Getting started with Git and GitHub

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• Register with GitHub to create an account
• Download and install git client for Windows or GitHub for Windows or Tortoise Git

(if asked, Choose Checkout-as-is; commit unix style line-endings)

During setup ensure you have selected "Use Git from the Windows Command Prompt". Checking the others will lead to IOC Make errors later down the line.

• Set you username and email address via the command line:

git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"
git config --global user.email "YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"

Or from TortoiseGit, select "Setting->Git" and select "global" and enter your details.

• Set a default commit editor (not needed for TortoiseGit):

git config --global core.editor "start notepad++"

• Set line-handling and passwords (Windows):

git config --global core.autocrlf true
git config --global credential.helper wincred

• Set line-handling and passwords (Linux):

git config --global core.autocrlf input

• Check submodules have been pushed before allowing an update of the master index

git config --global push.recurseSubmodules check