Map Makers: Git Username and Email Setup

Set Local Git Name and Email

(2-5 minutes, one time step)

• Start Git for Windows Gui (can be done via start menu):

• 'open existing repository' or 'open recent repository' if available
• Git for Windows Edit menu > options

• Update the global name and global email fields to match what you used when setting up your github account.

Additional Tutorials and Reading

For these readings, focus on how to make changes, push them, and update your local copy. We will not be using Git branching too much in the map repositories.

• http://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/
• http://matthew-brett.github.io/pydagogue/git_gui_windows.html
• http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/02/git-for-windows/
• http://tehnoblog.org/git-for-windows-tutorial-no-command-line-how-to-create-and-track-local-project/
• http://nathanj.github.io/gitguide/tour.html
• http://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1
• http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/
• http://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/saving-changes/git-add