A quick guide to installing and setting up Git and GitHub on CentOS 6 using yum.

Introduction

“Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

it is easy to learn and it has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. It outclasses SCM tools like Subversion, CVS, Perforce, and ClearCase with features like cheap local branching, convenientstaging areas, and multiple workflows.” http://git-scm.com/

_If you don’t already know what Git is, take a crash course.

Install Git

yum install git

Congratulations!

The installation process is complete.

>> Continue here to the next part on how to use Git/GitHub…_