Setting up git

setup_git.md

Setup git for the first time

• git config --global user.name "your name"
• git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
• git config --global color.ui true

Setting up passwordless commits:

• ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"
• name it something like githubssh (generic, I know)
• cat ~/.ssh/githubssh.pub
• Copy that output and go to SSH and GPG keys
• New SSH key, then paste the output of the previous command. Give it a name, add it.
• ssh -i ~/.ssh/githubssh -T [email protected]
• Output should say "Hi github_username! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access."
• If not, remove the id_rsa.pub file and redo the steps. Take care if you have other ssh keys, do not delete them all.

Setting up GPG keys for verified commits:

• gpg --full-generate-key
• Select RSA and RSA (default), and key length as 4096.
• Enter the asked details, and a password when prompted. When finished,
• gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
• Output should be something like:

$ gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG

#### /Users/hubot/.gnupg/secring.gpg
------------------------------------
sec   4096R/3AA5C34371567BD2 2016-03-10 [expires: 2017-03-10]
uid                          Hubot 
ssb   4096R/42B317FD4BA89E7A 2016-03-10

• gpg --armor --export <string after upper 4096R, here 3AA5C34371567BD2>
• Copy that entire output and go to SSH and GPG keys
• New GPG key, paste the previous output in the box, then press Add GPG key
• git config --global user.signingkey <string after upper 4096R, here 3AA5C34371567BD2>
• To push verified commits from now on, make sure you put in the -S modifier, ie, git commit -S -m "Commit Message