Git Setup

Question 1

Install git

Answer 1

sudo apt-get (linux/mac)
Or
sudo yum (c9)

Question 2

Configure user name with git

Answer 2

git config –global user.name “Your Name”

With quotation marks

Question 3

Configure email with git

Answer 3

git config –global user.email “yourname@example.com”

With the quotation marks

Question 4

Configure default branch name

Answer 4

git config –global init.defaultBranch main

Question 5

Enable colourful output with git

Answer 5

git config –global color.ui auto

Question 6

Check username or email with git

Answer 6

git config –get user.name

git config –get user.email

Question 7

Create a SSH key so you don’t have to put your password in everytime you upload

Answer 7

https://www.theodinproject.com/paths/foundations/courses/foundations/lessons/setting-up-git
ssh-keygen -C
Navigate to where the key is (ls ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub). Open it. Copy the contents to github/settings/SSH Keys
In terminal: ssh -T git@github.com

Question 8

(git)
Make it so you don’t have to renter a password for a set amount of time

or default to 15 min

Answer 8

git config –global credential.helper ‘cache –timeout=172800 ‘
3600 seconds = 1 hour
172800 = 2 days

git config –global credential.helper cache
defaults to 15 min

Question 9

Generate a key

Answer 9

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C “your_email@example.com”
Legacy:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “your_email@example.com”