✅ Step 1: Create a GitHub Account

• Visit https://github.com
• Click on Sign up
• Enter your email, password, and username
• Verify your email and complete account setup
• Select the Free Plan (recommended)

🖥️ Step 2: Check if Git is Installed

Open your terminal or command prompt and run:

git --version

If Git is installed: You’ll see something like:

git version 2.42.0

If Git is NOT installed: You’ll see an error.

🔧 Step 3: Download and Install Git

• Visit: git-scm.com/downloads
• Download based on your OS (Windows, macOS, or Linux)

Windows Installation:

• Run the installer (.exe)
• Choose default options (recommended)
• Accept default editor (e.g., VS Code)
• Click Install → Finish

⚙️ Step 4: Configure Git

Run the following commands in terminal:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "your.email@example.com"
    

✅ This sets your identity for commits.

🔐 Step 5: Generate SSH Key

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your.email@example.com"

• Press Enter to accept default path
• Enter passphrase (optional)

Then run:

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

📋 Copy the output and add it to:

• GitHub → Settings → SSH and GPG keys → New SSH key

📁 Step 6: Clone Repository

Go to your GitHub repo and copy the SSH link, then run:

git clone git@github.com:your-username/your-repo.git

🧪 Step 7: Test SSH Connection

ssh -T git@github.com

Expected Output:

Hi your-username! You've successfully authenticated,
but GitHub does not provide shell access.