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How to install Git on your Mac

TL;DR

  1. Open terminal on your Mac by typing terminal in your Mac Finder. What’s Finder? You can bring up Finder by pressing Cmd+Space on your keyboard.
  2. Check if Git is already there Git --version
  3. If not go to https://git-scm.com/downloads , download and install
  4. Check it is installed, go to terminal and run Git --version, it should return your installed version of Git.
  5. Add your Git credientials by typing into terminal git config --global user.email "your@email.com" and then again git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Git video tutorial

Helpful video on installing Git on your Mac: