1. Install Git

Install git;

    $ sudo prt-get depinst git

First configure your global identity, configuration file resides on ~/.gitconfig ;

    $ git config --global user.name "User Name"
    $ git config --global user.email user@devbox
    $ git config --global core.editor "vim"

If you want to disable pager / paging you can set globally;

    $ git config --global core.pager cat

Paging based on output size with less;

    $ git config --global core.pager "less -F -X"

Use vimdiff as diff and merge tool;

    $ git config --global diff.tool vimdiff
    $ git config --global merge.tool vimdiff
    $ git config --global difftool.prompt false

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