Install Git to manage application versions

To manage application versions in multi-developer projects, use Git, a distributed version control system included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Procedure

  1. Install the git package: 
    # dnf install git
  2. Optional: Set the full name associated with your Git commits: 
    $ git config --global user.name "Full_Name"
  3. Optional: Set the email address associated with your Git commits: 
    $ git config --global user.email "email@example.com"

    Replace Full Name and email@example.com with your name and email address.

  4. Optional: To change the default text editor started by Git, set the value of the core.editor configuration option: 
    $ git config --global core.editor command

    Replace command with the command to be used to start the selected text editor.