Git setup, terminal returning : command not found

Question

I'm trying to setup Git on my computer and now I'm supposed to write in this command to terminal: $ git config --global user.name "Your Name Here" but it is answering: -bash: $: command not found. I dont get any of this, can someone please help me?

Answer 1

Take out the $ at the start; $ is just the normal notation that people write to show that it's a terminal command.

The real command is:

git config --global user.name "Firstname Lastname"

Since git isn't working and you're running Github for Mac, you can install the command line tools through the Github Preferences in the Advanced tab.