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1 Introduction — what are Git and GitHub?

Git

• Version control system (track changes in folder/files)
• Snapshots stored in an “invisible” .git folder
• a history of snapshots of a file system

Install GIT

• on macOS: open a terminal and type git --version . This will prompt an installer if you don’t have it already
• on Windows: download the installer from https://git-scm.com/download/win
• *(see https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git)