{"id":379,"date":"2021-09-19T10:02:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T18:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacefold.com\/colin\/morethanfour\/?p=379"},"modified":"2021-09-19T12:41:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T20:41:40","slug":"learning-git-apx-a-installing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacefold.com\/colin\/morethanfour\/2021\/09\/19\/learning-git-apx-a-installing\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Git – Appendix A: Installing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Linux<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My Linux Mint box seems to have a default version of Git installed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ git --version<\/pre>\n
git version 2.17.1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
However, we can get the latest version (for Mint\/Ubuntu\/Debian):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core\/ppa<\/pre>\n
You are about to add the following PPA:\nThe most current stable version of Git for Ubuntu.\nFor release candidates, go to https: \/launchpad.net\/~git-core\/+archive\/candidate .\nMore info: https: \/launchpad.net\/~git-core\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\nPress Enter to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel\nExecuting: \/tmp\/apt-key-gpghome.RVLrIDy8yS\/gpg.1.sh --keyserver hkps: \/keyserver.ubuntu.com:443 --\nrecv-keys E1DD270288B4E6030699E45FA1715D88E1DF1F24\ngpg: key A1715D88E1DF1F24: public key \"Launchpad PPA for Ubuntu Git Maintainers\" imported\ngpg: Total number processed: 1\ngpg: imported: 1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
And then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ sudo apt-get update<\/pre>\n
Ign:1 http: \/packages.linuxmint.com tina InRelease\nHit:2 http: \/packages.linuxmint.com tina Release\n[..]\nGet:12 http: \/ppa.launchpad.net\/git-core\/ppa\/ubuntu bionic\/main Translation-en [2,252 B]\nFetched 281 kB in 2s (140 kB\/s)\nReading package lists . Done<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Then, re-install:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ sudo apt-get install git<\/pre>\n
Reading package lists ... Done\nBuilding dependency tree\nReading state information ... Done\nThe following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:\ngir1.2-mate-desktop gir1.2-mate-panel libllvm6.0:i386 libllvm7 libllvm7:i386 libwaylandclient0:i386 libwayland-server0:i386 python-psutil python-xapp\nUse 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.\nThe following additional packages will be installed:\ngit-man libpcre2-8-0\nSuggested packages:\ngit-daemon-run | git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git-email git-gui gitk gitweb git-cvs gitmediawiki git-svn\nThe following NEW packages will be installed:\nlibpcre2-8-0\nThe following packages will be upgraded:\ngit git-man\n2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.\nNeed to get 8,050 kB of archives.\nAfter this operation, 9,595 kB of additional disk space will be used.\nDo you want to continue? [Y\/n] y\n- 18 -\n[ .]\nProcessing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...\nProcessing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
After which:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ git --version<\/pre> \n
git version 2.28.0<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Further reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/19109542\/installing-latest-version-of-git-in-ubuntu<\/a>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Windows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Install Git for Windows, and include the Git Bash Prompt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Git Bash prompt maps “home” or “~” to C:\\users\\Buster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through a bit of jiggery-pokery, although “\/” is mapped to the Git install folder (i.e. “C:\\Program Files\\Git” , in order to get to the C: or D: drive you use “\/C\/” or “\/D\/”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hey, it’s better than what Cygwin does. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a long-time user of TortoiseSVN, at first I thought I would use TortoiseGit but in hindsight, it is better to just bite the bullet and experiment with the command line. There’s just too much difference in how the two source control systems work. I got used to the Git Bash prompt quickly, and now it seems like the best way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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