From the course: Source Code Control in .NET with Git Using SourceTree
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Source tree settings and preferences
From the course: Source Code Control in .NET with Git Using SourceTree
Source tree settings and preferences
- [Instructor] The important thing to keep in mind about this Git folder, which is typically hidden, is that it is our local repository. It contains everything that we need for source control locally. But if we can't go into that folder, how do we manage source control? And there are two options: one is through Terminal and the other is through a visual IDE. I believe strongly that the best way to learn Git is by using a visual IDE, such as SourceTree. So let's go ahead and open SourceTree and you'll notice that we come to this first controlling screen. And this is where we create repositories and manage our repositories. And the first thing to do is to open up our preferences. Let's close the finder. And open up the preferences for SourceTree. These will not be identical between Mac and Windows, but very close. The first thing that we want to do is to put in our name and email address. This will appear every time we put something into the repository. And that helps track down whoever…
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