---
title: Setting Up Git
description: Steps to get up and running with Git
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date: 2025-06-06T12:27:42.157Z
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dateCreated: 2025-06-06T12:27:40.548Z
---

# Description:

Basic steps to get git connected to server and able to clone repos. 

# Steps:

1. Install and configure git:

``` 
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "yourname@example.com"
git config --global init.defaultBranch main
git config --global color.ui auto
git config --global pull.rebase false
git config --global core.editor "code --wait"


```
2. Create SSH Key
```
ssh-keygen -t ed25519
```
3. Copy public key to server
``` 
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub 
```
4. Clone desired repo using ssh

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# Notes:
In the even you rename the key to something other than `id_rsa`, add config file to .ssh folder
`touch ~/.ssh/config` then add:

```bash
Host github.com or git server 
 Hostname github.com
 IdentityFile /path/to/privateKey
```
`stat -c %a keyfile` checks permissions of key if needed, must be 600
`chmod 600 keyfile`

Taken from [this superuser thread](https://superuser.com/questions/232373/how-to-tell-git-which-private-key-to-use): 

> Regarding contacting the same host with different keys: 
>	Here it is essential to understand that in `.ssh/config`, `Host`is a *custom name* you can give to the host specified under`HostName`. 
> The `github.com` part in the git URL `git@github.com:torvalds/linux.git` refers to this`Host`and thus has to match it exactly. 
>If you have a *second* Github ssh key, you can create a section `Host github2` in `~/.ssh/config` and then use the URL`git@github2:torvalds/linux.g`(see also superuser.com/a/1519694/96128). 
–user905686
Commented Apr 12, 2021 at 17:42