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`Install Git <https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git>`_. It is a command-line
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(:dfn:`a text interface`) tool that allows tracking the history of changes made to a file and, more
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importantly, working on different versions of that file simultaneously. It means you do not need to
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worry about overwriting someone else’s pending work when making changes.
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Verify that the installation directory of Git is included in your system's `PATH` variable.
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.. tabs::
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.. group-tab:: Linux and macOS
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Follow the `guide to update the PATH variable on Linux and macOS
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<https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/26059>`_ with the installation path of Git (by default
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:file:`/usr/bin/git`).
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.. group-tab:: Windows
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Follow the `guide to update the PATH variable on Windows
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<https://www.howtogeek.com/118594/how-to-edit-your-system-path-for-easy-command-line-access/>`_
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with the installation path of Git (by default :file:`C:\\Program Files\\Git`).
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