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I am a very new GitHub user with no previous programming experience. I am currently working on a project to make a website for my Linguistics professor, and I came across GitHub Pages which seems like a very promising way to accomplish my goal.

So far, I've created a repository and added a theme from Github Pages on github. The current challenge I am facing came as I was trying to create a local repository (I think that means folder) on my computer from which I can use Atom to edit the Markdown file for the website. I went to my repository on github and clicked on 'clone or download' and then 'download zip'. Then, I put the folder that came out of opening the zip file on my desktop.

So I was following this guide: I successfully did a git init, but when I tried git status, I got a message asking me to confirm my email and username. This is the point where I am lost.

I typed in the command that terminal asked me to in order to confirm the username and email (I forget what the command was; I think something like git config --something --something). Both the email and username were wrong, and I tried to edit them. However, I can't seem to edit the text. Moreover, I can't get out of the window to where I previously was. I was pressing random buttons to get out, and ended up deleting where it had my username.Here is a screenshot of where I am right now.

I'm just not sure how to edit the email or username within this window. This is what I am trying to figure out.

Moreover, I wanted to check whether I have to do any other steps to make sure that my local repository is connected to my github repository online. If I sign in with the same email and username I am using for my github account on this local repository, will the two be officially connected?

Thank you so much in advance, Cody

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    instead of downloading the zip you could just have used `git clone ` – litelite May 18 '17 at 20:10
  • Possible duplicate of [How to use vim in the terminal?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5764071/how-to-use-vim-in-the-terminal) – 1615903 May 19 '17 at 04:40

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You are in an editor called Vim. It do is very NOT user firendly at first. To start editing text press "i". Then do all your editing and then press escape once it's done type ":wq" and then press enter. Afterward i would recommend you change the default editor to something more beginner friendly. How do I make Git use the editor of my choice for commits?

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