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Git Onboarding

Git is a free and open source software tool used for version control.

Create a GitHub Account

If you already have a GitHub account, please skip to Apply for a Student Developer Pack.

Create a GitHub Account

Tip

You will likely continue to use a GitHub account after graduation as a portfolio or in the industry. We recommend the use of a personal email and an appropriate username as this account will be public.

Apply for a GitHub student license

As a university student, you get access to a ton of solid software resources. The GitHub Student Developer pack includes industry-standard tools for free. We use many of these tools in development for IIT Motorsports.

Apply for a Student Developer Pack

Join the IIT Motorsports Organization

We work out of the IIT Motorsports Organization to keep our repositories organized. It's crucial that you have access to this organization in order to utilize elctrical and software resources.

Ping the electrical team lead with your github username to get access to the organization.

Install Git

The Git software is used to interact with git repositories, such as those stored on GitHub.

Installation

**Recommended: ** Install Git using a package manager

A package manager makes it easy to install and update software packages with a single command. We recommend the use of the following package managers to install git:

choco install git

scoop install git

winget install -e --id Git.Git

brew install git

sudo apt install git-all

sudo dnf install git-all
Install Git manually

Navigate to https://git-scm.com/downloads and follow the guide for your operating system.

Configuration

Git needs to be configured to use your new GitHub account. Use the following steps to set your account username and email:

  1. Open Git Bash (or equivelent terminal)
  2. Set a git username: 
    git config --global user.name "Insert Name here"
  3. Set a git email: 
    git config --global user.email "insert.email@here.com"