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Set Up Git on CentOS VPS

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Install Git—a version control system—on a CentOS VPS for code hosting—run

yum install git -y

verify with

git --version

(e g \"git 2 39\") Create a repo with

git init /var/repo.git

set permissions:

chown -R user:user /var/repo.git

Open SSH with

firewall-cmd --add-service=ssh --permanent

On Vultr clone locally:

git clone user@ip:/var/repo.git

Test with

git log

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