ADVANCED / Collaboration

Git

Local version control: snapshots and history of files in a repository.

Why use it

Track firmware and documentation changes before sharing them. A commit is local; push sends commits to a remote such as GitHub.

Windows · macOS · Linuxoptionalactive

Install from Git’s official download page when joining a repository workflow; learn add, commit, status, pull and push in a small real project.

Check: Run git --version, then git status inside a repository. Git can be installed without a GitHub account.

Optional diagnostic commands

Windows · PowerShell · Git is reportedly installed but git is not recognized.

Get-Command git -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object Name, Source

A git application path appears if discoverable.

No output means not found in this shell, not necessarily absent from the computer.

Windows · PowerShell · Starting a Git project.

git --version

A git version line.

Command not found or an execution error means this shell cannot run Git as configured.