Git configuration

Git installation and configuration

1. Git installation

• Windows

–      Download the installer from https://git-scm.com/download/win

–      git-bash.exe

                                       

2. Git configuration

$ git config --global user.name <name>

$ git config --global user.email <email>

$ git config --global color.ui true

修改：

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

git config --global user.email you@example.com

git commit --amend --reset-author

$ git config -l

• Generate SSH key pair for authentication

$ ssh-keygen  (always Enter)

PS C:\Users\yujing.mu\.ssh> ls

    Directory: C:\Users\yujing.mu\.ssh

Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name

----                -------------         ------ ----

-a----       11/25/2019  10:34 AM           1679 id_rsa

-a----       11/25/2019  10:34 AM            405 id_rsa.pub

-a----        1/20/2020   5:03 PM            639 known_hosts

• Put the ‘config’ (attachment) file to C:\Users\(username)\.ssh 
• PS C:\Users\yujing.mu\.ssh> ls

    Directory: C:\Users\yujing.mu\.ssh

Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name

----                -------------         ------ ----

-a----       11/26/2019   6:19 PM             59 config

-a----       11/25/2019  10:34 AM           1679 id_rsa

-a----       11/25/2019  10:34 AM            405 id_rsa.pub

-a----        1/20/2020   5:03 PM            639 known_hosts

 

• Add config file under ~/.ssh for Windows
• • Add config file under ~/.ssh for Windows

  –      Content is as below:

 

• Upload the SSH public key to Gerrit

–      cat  ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

 

–      Login Gerrit server (http://10.100.24.7:8080)

–      Click Down Arrow besides your name

–      Click “Settings

–      Go to “SSH Public Keys” sub-tab of “Settings”

–      Click “Add Key…”

–      Paste the SSH public key

–      Click “Add” button 

• Clone remote repository to local working directory

$ git clone <url>                         clone an existing repository

Note:  git clone ssh://ldap_account@xxxxx:29418/xxx/func/src && scp -p -P 29418 ldap_account@xxxxxx:hooks/commit-msg src/.git/hooks/

Git clone failed due to filename too long

Resolution:  git config --global core.longpaths true

solution:

Step1:

curl -Lo `git rev-parse --git-dir`/hooks/commit-msg http://name@xxxxxx:8080/tools/hooks/commit-msg; chmod +x `git rev-parse --git-dir`/hooks/commit-msg

Step2:

git commit --amend --no-edit

Step3:

git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master