seanbuscay

cd repository
git checkout --orphan orphan_name
git rm -rf .
rm '.gitignore'
echo "#Title of Readme" > README.md
git add README.md
git commit -a -m "Initial Commit"
git push origin orphan_name

balupton

Linux

Setup

# If inside vmware install vmware tools (these are just as good as the commercial ones)
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop

# Install git
sudo apt-get install git

jstrosch

Follow normal process for installing openSSH/openSSL, generating keys and adding to remote host.  In cygwin, add the following to .bash_profile

### this is necessary to start ssh-agent and add keys
SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/environment"

function start_agent {
     echo "Initialising new SSH agent..."
     /usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > "${SSH_ENV}"
     echo succeeded
     chmod 600 "${SSH_ENV}"