Setting up Github with Git Bash

1)           Create an account on Github
https://github.com/
2)           Install Gitbash from following URL:
https://git-scm.com/downloads
3)           Set up Github repositories:
Go to start -> all programs -> git -> Open ‘Git bash’
On Command prompt:
Step 1:           
git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"        

Step 2:
git config --global user.email "YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"

Step 3: Generate new SSH Keys as follows:
Enter following command:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "email@example.com"

Press Enter
Message displayed: Created directory '/p/.ssh'.

Step 4: Create a passphrase:

Enter your passphrase. ( it can be different than your password)
Note: While setting pass phrase, the cursor doesn’t move. Keep entering  your pass phrase.
To change pass phrase:
                             ssh-keygen -p
# Start the SSH key creation process
Enter file in which the key is (/Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa): [Hit enter]
Key has comment '/Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa'
Enter new passphrase (empty for no passphrase): [Type newpassphrase]
Enter same passphrase again: [One more time for luck]
Your identification has been saved with the new passphrase.:

If success, message displayed:
Your identification has been saved with the new passphrase.

Step 5: Adding your SSH key to the ssh-agent
1)      Ensure ssh-agent is enabled:
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
if success, message displayed:
                                              agent pid 8436

2)      Add SSH key to the ssh-agent.
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Enter pass phrase.
If success, message displayed:
Identity added

Step 6: Add SSH Key to Github account:
1)       Copy the SSH key to your clipboard.
clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Tip: If clip isn't working, you can locate the hidden .ssh folder, open the file in your favorite text editor, and copy it to your clipboard.
2)      Login to Github -> Top right -> Settingsà SSH Keys à New SSH Key à Add Title and paste the key
You should receive an email.
4)           Get your code on local machine
Go to Git bash
1)      Go to your working location
Cd “<Your Location>”

2)      Run following  command:
git clone git@github.com:<<repo details>>



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Error : ID4243: Could not create a SecurityToken.

For persons who worked on WIF Programming would encounter the following error, ID4243: Could not create a SecurityToken. A token was not found in the token cache and no cookie was found in the context We will be getting this error when the browser sends the cookie to the server and when sever validates the token and it fails then we may get this error. The end user can't do anything since the browser sends the token to the server always until the user manually clears the cookie from the browser. To handle this scenario we can srite the below list of code in the Global.asax.cs Basically, what it does is it will check for the excetion type and then it tries to sign out the user (delete the cookie informations) and redirect to the requested page. It is as simple as it is :) protected void Application_OnError() { var ex = Context.Error; if (!(ex is SecurityTokenException)) return; Context.ClearError(); if (FederatedAuthenticati...
Read more

MVC - Looping through the model properties from cshtml

When ever we are struck with the values being not properly filled in the model and need to print all the properties of the model or dto of the page then we can use the below lines of code to loop through the model or dto and write all the items in the page. foreach (var result in Model)             {                                   var type = result.GetType();                     var properties = type.GetProperties();                     <ul>                         @foreach (var property in properties)                         {                         <li>     ...
Read more