Fortunately, you can install Git from within GitHub Desktop. To do this, click Repository | Open in Command Prompt, and you will be prompted to install Git (Figure B).

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create a private GitHub repository, then demonstrate how to securely clone and pull your code locally without the need to deal with fatal errors.

Need to create a new Git repository? Then you'll need to learn how to use the git init command, because that's the only way to create a new Git repo. Even if you create a new repository in GitHub ...