Getting started with Git and GitHub

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• Register with GitHub to create an account
• Download and install [git client for Windows] (https://git-scm.com/download/win>) or [GitHub for Windows] (https://windows.github.com/) or [Tortoise Git] (https://tortoisegit.org/)

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

• 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:

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