How to Set Up SmartGit With GitHub
- Create a Github.com account
- Download GIT For Windows (msysgit) –> http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/
- Install msysgit choosing the following options: Use git bash only [default]. Checkout Style: Choose: “check out as is commit as is”
- Launch GIT GUI
- In GIT GUI click menuitem: Help | Show SSH Key | Click Generate Key and enter a passphrase
- Confirm new RSA keys were created in C:\Users\YourUserName\.ssh
- Open C:\Users\YourUserName\.ssh\id_rsa.pub with Notepad++ and copy to clipboard.
- Login to Github and navigate to your Account Settings | SSH public keys and Create a new key. Paste the contents of your RSA public key you just copied. Name it anything you want
- Download and Install SmartGIT –> http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/index.html
- Launch SmartGIT. It should automatically find your rsa keys.
- Clone a project Project | Clone | Remote URL: git@github.com:myn/warm-z-twopointtwo-base.git (or any other githum repo)
- If it asks for a password, use your github.com password.
Thanks!
Bern
January 29, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Thanks a bunch for this post. It was just what I was looking for.
Kraftwurm At Orgazmik
August 4, 2011 at 5:24 pm
A gazzilion thanks to you. I have spent pretty much the last two hours trying to figure out how to use github repos with smart git. And then i googled. Thanks again.
Manish Gupta
November 11, 2011 at 8:03 am
Thank you so much for this guide. It helped me a lot.
Paulo
December 7, 2011 at 11:05 pm
This would have saved me a couple hours had I found it sooner. thanks!
Nick
February 23, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Works like a champ thanks!
Scap
March 29, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Exactly what I needed. Thanks so much!
Sachin
April 5, 2012 at 10:41 am