Git Repository Initialization and Basic Configuration: How to Take the First Step as a Beginner?

This article introduces Git repository initialization and basic configuration. A Git repository is a special folder that records code changes. Initialization installs the Git monitoring system for it using `git init`, generating a hidden `.git` folder. The initialization steps are: open the terminal/command line, navigate to the project folder, and execute `git init`. For basic configuration, set the user identity (global effect): `git config --global user.name "Your Name"` and `git config --global user.email "your@email.com"`. An optional default editor can be configured (e.g., `notepad` for Windows). View configurations with `git config --list`. After initialization, files can be staged with `git add` and committed with `git commit -m "Commit message"`. Notes include: protecting the `.git` folder, distinguishing between global (`--global`) and local (`--local`) configurations, and using `git clone` (not `init`) to clone others' repositories. Following the above steps completes Git repository initialization and basic operations.