Setup git locally

Download git

Download and install git from git-scm.com for your operating system.

Configure git

You will need to setup your git email and user-name (replace with yours in case you want to commit something, otherwise use copy-paste) to identify yourself in the commits:

git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

could be added to local config using git config user...