Where to enter git commands?

Question

I'm pretty sure this will be a basic question for a lot of people, but here goes:

I started going through the book "Pro Git", and it says to start by setting my username and email using the following lines:

$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"

$ git config --global user.email [email protected]

Where do I type these lines? I tried typing them into command prompt and the git GUI, but I've had no success. I'm using Windows 7.

Solution 1

I assuming you've probably installed the windows git from http://git-scm.com/download/win

With the very defaults that won't put git on your command prompt.

Use 'git bash' either through the start menu or right clicking in the folder.

Solution 2

Press 'Start' button in Windows, type 'cmd' in the search field on the bottom of menu. There you have the command line console. Try to type git --version, if show something like 'git version 1.8.0.2', you're ready to input all the commands here.

For those command you wrote like$ git xxxxxx, just ignore the $ sign of begin, it's something like C:\> for unix like OSs.

Comments

[Justin Helps]

That did it. In hindsight, I feel like it should have been obvious, but thanks for helping me out!