Set up Git for a small project

Use this guide when you have a project folder with code and no version control yet, or you want to start a new project the right way. Have Git installed, your project folder ready and an account on a Git hosting service if you want an online backup.

Step by step

1. Configure Git once

   Open a terminal and set your name and email with git config --global user.name and git config --global user.email. This labels your commits. You only need to do this once per computer.