There are no files required for this lesson. You will create all the files needed.
Git is a free and open-source software, available for all operating systems.
If you are using Windows to follow this course, you should open Git BASH (see Installation).
Chances are that git is already installed on your system by default. To check if that is the case, open a terminal and use the command:
git --version
If you don’t have it, follow this page to install it.
Git for Windows is a quick way to have git installed on your Windows machine. Alternative, you can use the Windows Linux Subsystem and install git as explained above.
If you don’t have a GitHub account already, this is the perfect moment to sign up! Just visit this page.