Install
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git
git --version
Configure
Configure Git
git config --global user.name "Xyz"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
# Enable main as the default branch
git config --global init.defaultBranch main
# Enable colours
git config --global color.ui auto
# Check the configuration
git config --list
Generate SSH key
- https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent
- https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/using-ssh-agent-forwarding
- https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/ssh.html#generate-an-ssh-key-pair
# Generate SSH key
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"
# Start ssh-agent in the background
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
# Add SSH key to ssh-agent (rename key if needed)
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
Add SSH key in Github/Gitlab
- https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account#adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-account
- https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/ssh.html#add-an-ssh-key-to-your-gitlab-account
# Print the public SSH key (rename key if needed)
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
# Or
xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
Verify Github/Gitlab connectivity
- https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/testing-your-ssh-connection
- https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/ssh.html#verify-that-you-can-connect
ssh -T [email protected]
# Or (rename domain)
ssh -T [email protected]
# Or run in verbose mode
ssh -Tvvv [email protected]
Connect to Github/Gitlab Repo
First initialization
cd folder/to/myWebsite
git init
git add .
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin [email protected]:xxxxx/xxxxx.git
git push -u origin main
Connect to existing Remote
- https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Working-with-Remotes
- https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/getting-started-with-git/about-remote-repositories
- https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/gitlab-basics/start-using-git.html#clone-with-ssh
git clone [email protected]:xxxxx/xxxxx.git
# Restore Submodules (e.g. themes):
git submodule update --init --recursive
# View the remote repository
git remote -v
git remote show origin
Make Commits
git status
git add file
git commit -m "message"
git push -u origin main
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