weidaolee / git-test

git-test

Setting the SSH connection to github

1. Generating ssh key

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[e-mail]"

2. Paste the content in the id_rsa.pub file to github setting page

$ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

3. Add the SSH key to the ssh-agent

First start the ssh-agent in the background.

$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

Then add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent.

$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

4. Test the SSH connection

$ ssh -T [e-mail]

If successed, it will output: Hi <Github username> You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

5. Configure the ssh (optional)

If you use several keys, then you need to config your ssh as follow:

$ cd ~/.ssh/
$ vim config

Input the following content, replace the ~/.ssh/id_rsa with your private key file for your github account.

Host github.com
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Configuring GitHub (optional)

Setting up the configuration details of git Note that the username here is NOT the GitHub user name

$ git init # First create an empty Git repository on local
$ git config --local user.name "<user_name>"
$ git config --local user.email "<email_id>"

or for global

$ git config --global user.name "<user_name>"
$ git config --global user.email "<email_id>"

Commit and push to a repository on github via command lines

$ git add README.md
$ git commit -m "first commit"
$ git remote add origin <ssh_target>
$ git push -u origin master

Each time before push

Reference

Connecting to GitHub with SSH