Design and Build Great Web APIs

Git

We use Git as the source control manager for all the projects in the book. It’s first mentioned in Chapter 2, ​Understanding HTTP, REST, and APIs​, but almost every chapter after that has some Git commands.

Checking for Git

You may already have Git installed on your machine. You can check this by typing the following at the command line:

git --version

If Git is installed you should see something like the following:

git version 2.11.0

The exact version isn’t too important, but I advise that you use version 2 or higher when working with the examples in this book.

Installing Git

If you need to install Git, your best bet is to visit the official download page (https://git-scm.com/downloads), as shown in the following screenshot. Once you get ...