Git Init Pull

Creating a new git repo is a little more involved than one that is already setup but here are the simple steps to get one rolling. I prefer to use SSH over HTTPS due to security and ease of use from the command line.

Setup

We need to first do a few things to make a commit as easy as possible.

1. Create a ssh key if you haven’t already. This will be placed in ~/.ssh unless you tell it otherwise with the -f flag.

   
   $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096
   or for a more secure and smaller key file
   $ ssh-keygen -t ed25519
   

2. Copy your .pub key to your clipboard.

   
   $ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
   
   or 
   
   $ cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
   

3. Go to your github page and head to your username icon in the top-right corner and hit settings -> SSH and GPG keys

4. Paste the .pub key into the New SSH Key and add a title name for the key.

5. Next create a new repo by clicking the plus sign -> New Repository in the top left corner.

6. Choose the name you want here and make it either public or private.

   • Do not add a readme file or .gitignore nor a license at this time. It only makes it harder on the next steps.

7. Click Create Repository

   • Here it will show you the command to run to get the repo initialized and setup but I will show them here as well.

Initialize and commit

1. cd <directory/of/new/project>

2. git init

3. git add .

4. git commit -m “initial commit”

   • You might be prompted to verify who you are here. If you are run this below and run #4 again.

   $ git config --global user.email "<email used to setup git account>"
   $ git config --global user.name "<username used on git account"
   

5. git push

Conclusion

You have now setup a new git repo.