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title: Setting Up Git
description: Steps to get up and running with Git
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date: 2024-06-30T20:45:31.285Z
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dateCreated: 2024-06-30T20:44:58.238Z
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# 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

```
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