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Preparing for the "Getting Git" Workshop

This is a hands-on workshop where you will learn using Git from the command line!

To prepare for this workshop, it's best if you have Git installed and running from the command line. There are many great resources for doing this on the web or you can follow those provided here.

Please try to have Git installed before coming to the workshop as conference WiFi isn't always available and we will be jumping in pretty quickly.

Installing Git on a Unix environment

If you're in a Unix environment (this includes Mac OS X), you probably already have Git installed. You can check this by running git --version from the command line.

So long as you're running Git version 2 or above, you'll are all set. If you need to install or upgrade Git, visit git-scm.com/downloads to install the latest version of Git.

Installing Git on Windows

If you are on Windows, I recommend using Git for Windows as it not only includes Git, but also provides a command line with Bash emulation so your Git commands behave just as they would on Unix environments.

Note: Windows 10 offers a Linux Subsystem which can be enabled to emulate Unix and install Git.

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