Installation of Git#

This card describes how to install the commandline tool git.

Alternatively, several other git clients are listed in a separate card, but for many of these, the git command is required to be already installed on the system.

Downloading git#

You can find installers for Windows, MacOS and Linux on the Git webpage.

Verifying the functionality#

Start you terminal, and type in:

git version

That should tell you your installed git’s version, such as git version 2.43.0.

Note: On GNU/Linux, BSDs, MacOS and WSL (Windows subsystem for Linux), basically any terminal will work. On Windows, it is recommended that you use Git Bash shell, which comes with the git installation package, and is usually properly configured. Other shells (such as cmd.exe and PowerShell) may not work at all.

Validating the host keys#

If you are using Visual Studio Code (or other clients) and plan to contribute to a repository hosted on the LCSB GitLab, you will need to manually verify the host keys before you are able to clone or push to a repository.

To do that, open a terminal (or Git Bash on Windows), and run this command:

ssh git@gitlab.lcsb.uni.lu -p8022

The command prints a hostkey of the LCSB GitLab, which should match the one you are expecting (in February 2024, the hostkey was: SHA256:g4pablIHyKZQWOXkBFf7XOBZuOHDlRKJF3c84sXfSkA).

To accept the hostkey, simply type yes and press enter. This will add the GitLab server to the list of known hosts in your system, allowing all git clients to connect securely.