Git Guide

Git Guide

This page has details on how to install and set up git. For our guidelines on how to use git, see Git Rules.

Software

First, you’ll need to download git onto your computer. For Linux, you can get both git and gitk program in a jiffy (gitk is a gtk gui viewer for git), so run this command from a terminal to get it:

$sudo apt-get install git-core gitk

For macs, download the package from here. Alternately you can look for binaries here.

Next, you’ll want to download our code from github. The Github page has everything you need to know to get a new github account up and running, and to get the northern bites code.

Guides

You’ll probably want to check out a few git guides to get you more acquainted with the software.

• GitMagic for a quick tutorial.
• One Hour Git Screencast if you prefer video.
• Git Server Setup
• Git Reference very simple layout, great resource.
• ProGit a great a free (online) book on effective git use.
• Git for the Lazy a simple reference for beginners.
• Git Immersion a nice walkthrough

You should also check out the Git Tweaks page for some very useful personalizations. They will make your life much easier, trust me.