Git installation and usage

1. Downloading source code from the official website:

　　　　http://git-scm.com/downloads

Or git it from github:

git clone https://github.com/git/git

2. Entering the extracted folder and typing these commands in terminal:

make prefix=/usr/local all
sudo make prefix=/usr/local install

in the make step, I met a problem: curl.h: there is no such file or directory

After reading this page, problem solved by :

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

3. Check git version in terminal:

git --version

4. First you need to tell git your name, so that it can properly label the commits you make.

git config --global user.name "Your Name Here"

5. Git saves your email address into the commits you make. We use the email address to associate your commits with your GitHub account.

git config --global user.email "your_email@example.com"

 6. Make a directory as a master git directory

git init

7. Add and commit a file

git add README
git commit -m "first commit"

8.  Push a commit

git remote add original https://github.com/username/Hello-World.git
git push origin master

 

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9. Delete a file or directory

git rm -r -f filename (if delete a directory, -r is neccessary)
git commit -m "delete"
git push origin master