# Prerequisites
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Before you start this tutorial, do the following:
+ Install Git on your local machine. To install Git, see [Git downloads](http://git-scm.com/downloads).
+ Complete the steps in [Getting started with CodeDeploy](getting-started-codedeploy.md), including installing and configuring the AWS CLI. This is especially important if you want to use the AWS CLI to deploy a revision from GitHub to the instance.