Linux

yum install git

Windows

Git for windows provides a bash and a gui.

It provides also all GNU core utility

Identity

git config --global user.name "Gerardnico"
git config --global user.email [email protected]

where:

• the global option tells Git to store the parameters on a global scope

• Verify the identity parameters by querying them

git config --global --get-regexp user

user.name Gerardnico
user.email [email protected]

Windows

:: Long path handling
git config --global core.longpaths true
:: No Windows EOL
git config --global core.autocrlf false

Editor

• Set the editor

git config --global core.editor emacs

My latptop:

git config --global core.editor edgit.bat

Credentials

Store your credential

• in memory for a few minutes

git config --global credential.helper cache

• in windows credential Install with Git for windows (see also Credential Manager)

git config --global credential.helper wincred

Alias

And optionally setup a few helpful aliases:

git config --global alias.st status
git config --global alias.ci commit
git config --global alias.up pull --rebase

You can now use the following command:

# Status
git st
# Commit
git ci
# Pull --rebase
git up

Rebase

Automatic rebase

git config branch.autosetuprebase local