This is my sandbox.
Things I should know.
http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Git-Basics
Do this ...
$ sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext libz-dev libssl-dev
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
� Because I already have Git on this computer I upgraded with
$ git clone https://github.com/git/git.git
Changed the editor with
$ git config --global core.editor emacs