---
title: Getting started with Git
intro: 'Set up Git, a distributed version control system, to manage your {% data variables.product.github %} repositories from your computer.'
redirect_from:
  - /articles/getting-started-with-git-and-github
  - /github/using-git/getting-started-with-git-and-github
  - /github/using-git/learning-about-git
  - /articles/learning-about-git
  - /github/getting-started-with-github/getting-started-with-git
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '*'
  ghec: '*'
children:
  - /set-up-git
  - /setting-your-username-in-git
  - /caching-your-github-credentials-in-git
  - /why-is-git-always-asking-for-my-password
  - /updating-credentials-from-the-macos-keychain
  - /git-workflows
  - /about-remote-repositories
  - /managing-remote-repositories
  - /associating-text-editors-with-git
  - /configuring-git-to-handle-line-endings
  - /ignoring-files
  - /git-cheatsheet
---