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---
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title: Setting Up Git
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description: Steps to get up and running with Git
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published: true
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date: 2024-07-04T22:23:59.198Z
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tags:
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editor: markdown
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dateCreated: 2024-06-30T20:44:58.238Z
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---
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# Description:
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Basic steps to get git connected to server and able to clone repos.
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# Steps:
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1. Install and configure git:
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```
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git config --global user.name "Your Name"
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git config --global user.email "yourname@example.com"
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git config --global init.defaultBranch main
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git config --global color.ui auto
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git config --global pull.rebase false
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git config --global core.editor "code --wait"
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```
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2. Create SSH Key
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```
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ssh-keygen -t ed25519
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```
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3. Copy public key to server
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```
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cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
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```
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4. Clone desired repo using ssh
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---
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# Notes:
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In the even you rename the key to something other than `id_rsa`, add config file to .ssh folder
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`touch ~/.ssh/config` then add:
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```bash
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Host github.com or git server
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Hostname github.com
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IdentityFile /path/to/privateKey
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```
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`stat -c %a keyfile` checks permissions of key if needed, must be 600
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`chmod 600 keyfile`
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Taken from [this superuser thread](https://superuser.com/questions/232373/how-to-tell-git-which-private-key-to-use):
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> Regarding contacting the same host with different keys:
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> Here it is essential to understand that in `.ssh/config`, `Host`is a *custom name* you can give to the host specified under`HostName`.
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> 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.
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>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).
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–user905686
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Commented Apr 12, 2021 at 17:42
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