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    Creating a Happy Git Environment on OS X

Step 1: Install Git
brew install git bash-completion

Configure things:
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git config --global alias.co checkout
git config --global apply.whitespace nowarn

Setup an SSH key
ssh-keygen

Hit return a couple of times -- leave password blank if you want.
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy

Paste that code into your settings page on your repository host(s).
Get happy Git colors.  Paste the following into your ~/.gitconfig file:
[color]
	branch = auto
	diff = auto
	status = auto
[color "branch"]
	current = yellow reverse
	local = yellow
	remote = green
[color "diff"]
	meta = yellow bold
	frag = magenta bold
	old = red bold
	new = green bold
[color "status"]
	added = yellow
	changed = green
	untracked = cyan

Create a ~/.gitexcludes file and paste in this:
.DS_Store

There, now you don't have to ignore that every time.
Bash Fanciness

Add the following to your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc:
source /usr/local/git/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=true
export PS1='[\u@mbp \w$(__git_ps1)]\$ '

That will add tab auto-completion for Git branches, display the current branch on your prompt, and show a '*' after the branch name if there are unstaged changes in the repository, and a '+' if there are staged (but uncommitted) changes.  It will look something like this:
[user@computer ~/Sites/example.com (master*)]$ 

Bonus

If you want to have a different email address for a particular project (a personal project on your work computer, perhaps?), just run this command inside that project's folder:
git config user.email "you@example.com"

It's the same command as before, this time just omitting the --global.
Sources


PeepCode
Git Community Book