Step 4 · about 6 minutes

Install Git on your machine

Git is the small program that records every change to your files. GitHub stores those records online — Git is what makes them. You install it once and then forget it exists.

Go to git-scm.com/downloads and download the installer for your computer. Accept every default it offers.

Screenshot slot — The Git download pagegit-scm.com/downloads, with your operating system highlightedpublic/shots/gh-03-git-download.png

Now open the terminal — the window where you type commands instead of clicking. On a Mac press Command and Space, type Terminal, press Enter. On Windows press the Start key, type PowerShell, press Enter.

Terminal

# type this, then press Enter
$ git --version
git version 2.45.2
# any version number means you are done