configure your git

###Set up the Git client software on your local computer Set your name and email address in your local Git install so that they are automatically included in your commits. Use the same email address that your used to register with GitHub. Note that your email address will be exposed when contributing to public repos, but there is a way to avoid that if it is a big concern.

In your shell type:

git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"

git config --global user.email "YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"