Installing Tools

1. Installing Git

• First, you need to install Git locally.

# Requires [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/)
brew install git

sudo apt install git

2. Installing gh

• To work with GitHub from your computer, you can use the optional GitHub CLI (gh) tool to interact with GitHub directly from your terminal.
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# Requires [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/)
brew install gh

sudo apt install gh

3. Set Up Your Git Identity

• In order to use Git and GitHub effectively, you need to configure your Git identity.
• Your Git identity is defined by your name and email address, which will be associated with your commits.

• Open your terminal and run the following commands to set your global Git configuration:

  # Configure Git with your user information
  # Replace with the name and email you used for GitHub.
  git config --global user.name "<Your Name>"
  git config --global user.email "<your-email@example.com>"
  

  # Example:
  git config --global user.name "Nir Geier"
  git config --global user.email "nir.geier@gmail.com"
  

4. Tools Used

• GitHub Web: Web browser and GitHub account
• GitHub CLI: GitHub CLI installed (gh command)
• GitHub MCP: VS Code with GitHub Copilot MCP extension

Feature Comparison