Setting up github

First go to github and create an account

Next, following the instructions at set-up-git to download and setup git.

It is important to set your username and password

# Sets the default name for git to use when you commit

git config --global user.name "Your Name Here

# Sets the default email for git to use when you commit

git config --global user.email "your_email@youremail.com

A sanity check to make sure that has worked is to check the ~/.gitconfig file

cat ~/.gitconfig