{"id":24623,"date":"2017-12-12T06:30:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T12:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=24623"},"modified":"2022-12-09T06:10:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T12:10:30","slug":"how-to-install-git-on-centos-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-git-on-centos-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Install Git on CentOS 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_28680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28680\" style=\"width: 732px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-to-Install-GIT-on-CentOS-7.jpg\" alt=\"How To Install Git on CentOS 7\" width=\"742\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-to-Install-GIT-on-CentOS-7.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-to-Install-GIT-on-CentOS-7-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-to-Install-GIT-on-CentOS-7-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How To Install Git on CentOS 7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Installing-Git-on-CentOS-7.jpg\" alt=\"Installing Git on CentOS 7\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/>We&#8217;ll show you, <strong>How To Install Git on CentOS 7<\/strong>. Git is a distributed version control system, which you can use to track the code changes (versions) while developing software. Git offers features such as reverting to a previous stage, multiple workflows, local branching, and many others. This makes Git one of the best version control systems and that is why it is used by many software developers.<strong> Installing Git on CentOS <\/strong>7 is an easy task, just carefully follow the steps below, and you should have it installed in less than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f7b9e6f1606\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f7b9e6f1606\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-git-on-centos-7\/#1-Connect-via-SSH\" >1. Connect via SSH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-git-on-centos-7\/#2-Install-Git-on-CentOS-7\" >2. Install Git on CentOS 7<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-git-on-centos-7\/#3-Verify-Git-installation-on-CentOS-7\" >3. Verify Git installation on CentOS 7<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-git-on-centos-7\/#4-The-configuration-of-Git-on-CentOS-7\" >4. The configuration of Git on CentOS 7<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-git-on-centos-7\/#5-List-configuration-settings\" >5. List configuration settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-git-on-centos-7\/#6-Git-command-line-option-and-help\" >6. Git command line option and help<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Connect-via-SSH\"><\/span>1. Connect via SSH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To install Git on your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/centos-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CentOS 7 VPS<\/a> you need to have SSH access to the server. If you don&#8217;t know how to do this, you can follow our guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/connect-to-your-linux-vps-via-ssh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to connect to a Linux server via SSH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Install-Git-on-CentOS-7\"><\/span>2. Install Git on CentOS 7<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Once you log in you can use the following command to install Git:<\/p>\n<pre>yum install git<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Verify-Git-installation-on-CentOS-7\"><\/span>3. Verify Git installation on CentOS 7<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To verify that Git is successfully installed you can use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>git --version<\/pre>\n<p>The command above will also show the version of Git installed on your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/centos-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CentOS 7 VPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre># git --version\r\ngit version 1.8.3.1<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-The-configuration-of-Git-on-CentOS-7\"><\/span>4. The configuration of Git on CentOS 7<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first thing that you might want to do after the installation is to configure your name and email address in Git so the changes you commit contain the correct information. You can do that by using the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>git config --global user.name \"Your Name\"\r\ngit config --global user.email \"user@domain.com\"\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-List-configuration-settings\"><\/span>5. List configuration settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To verify that you entered the correct information you can use the command below:<\/p>\n<pre>git config --list<\/pre>\n<p>The output should be similar to the following one:<\/p>\n<pre># git config --list\r\nuser.name=Your Name\r\nuser.email=user@domain.com<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-Git-command-line-option-and-help\"><\/span>6. Git command line option and help<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For more information and command line options you can use the <code>--help<\/code> flag.<\/p>\n<pre>git --help<\/pre>\n<p>It will list the most commonly used Git commands.<\/p>\n<pre>   add        Add file contents to the index\r\n   bisect     Find by binary search the change that introduced a bug\r\n   branch     List, create, or delete branches\r\n   checkout   Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree\r\n   clone      Clone a repository into a new directory\r\n   commit     Record changes to the repository\r\n   diff       Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc\r\n   fetch      Download objects and refs from another repository\r\n   grep       Print lines matching a pattern\r\n   init       Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one\r\n   log        Show commit logs\r\n   merge      Join two or more development histories together\r\n   mv         Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink\r\n   pull       Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch\r\n   push       Update remote refs along with associated objects\r\n   rebase     Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head\r\n   reset      Reset current HEAD to the specified state\r\n   rm         Remove files from the working tree and from the index\r\n   show       Show various types of objects\r\n   status     Show the working tree status\r\n   tag        Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>You can also refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/git-scm.com\/doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Git documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-26784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/how-to-install-git-on-centos-7.png\" alt=\"how to install git on centos 7\" width=\"220\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/how-to-install-git-on-centos-7.png 220w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/how-to-install-git-on-centos-7-150x63.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/>Of course, you don\u2019t have to <strong>install Git on CentOS<\/strong> 7, if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/git-hosting.html\">Git Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to install Git on CentOS 7 for you. They are available 24\u00d77 and they will install Git on CentOS 7, immediately.<\/p>\n<p>PS. If you liked this post on, how to install Git on CentOS 7, please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a reply below. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ll show you, How To Install Git on CentOS 7. 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