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Git

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[[Describe this app and list installation sources]]

Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. It outclasses SCM tools like Subversion, CVS, Perforce, and ClearCase with features like cheap local branching, convenient staging areas, and multiple workflows.

Modify installation

Rerun the installer 64-bit Git for Windows Setup from the Web

  • Only show new options: ☐ No
  • Continue until Select Components
    • Windows Explorer integration: ☐ No
    • (NEW!) Add a GIT Bash Profile to Windows Terminal: ☒ Yes
  • Continue until Choosing the default editor used by Git
    • choose Use Visual Studio Code as Git’s default editor
  • Continue until Adjusting the name of the initial branch in new repositories
    • Override the default branch name for new repositories: ☒ Yes
    • Branch name: main
  • Continue installation

Setup profile

git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Setup communication

  1. Open Git Bash
& "$env:ProgramFiles\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login
  1. Generate a new SSH key 🛈
    The public key is saved in the clipboard
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C `hostname`
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
clip < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
  1. Register the SSH key in the GitHub account 🛈

Use existing repositories

Fix error when using repositories from previous computers:
fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at '/media/data/users/jhu3szh/serialize'

Take ownership of the current repository

takeown /F ".\.git\" /R /SKIPSL

Take ownership of multiple paths and subfolders

  • Run elevated
[string[]]@(
'D:\DEV\';
'D:\ICEBERG\';
'D:\LATEX\';
'D:\STUDIT\';
'D:\Notes\';
'D:\TUB';
'D:\WIKI\';
;) | foreach {
    takeown /F $_ /R /SKIPSL
}

Pull all child repositories

Get-ChildItem -Path "." -Directory -Recurse | 
foreach { $_.FullName } | foreach {
    if (Test-Path -Path "$_\.git") {
        Write-Host "$_`t" -f Cyan -NoNewline
        git -C $_ pull
    }
}

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Related: Visual Studio Code

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