I am not sure why that keeps getting dismissed or why I feel the need to put emphasis on things I already wrote in order to clarify this. This is a from start to first commit using SmartGit guide. There are no unnecessary or overly complicated parts to this guide because this in not a phpbb3 centric guide. Now enter some (any) info in this text document and save it. Minimize the Smart Git project window then go to the project folder Smart Git just created in My Documents/github/somefolderĬreate a new text document and call it README.txt. You have just cloned you empty repository to your system and linked it to your github repository. In Smartgit under the Project tab click Clone. The first thing we need is to choose/create a home directory for all our projects. Ok the plan in step 3 is to connect to the repository you created earlier so you can start making some files, committing them to your local repo, then pushing them to the server. Now you should have both msysgit and Smart Git installed and set up, time for the third step.
#Smartgit free install#
Install the program making sure to select the NON COMMERCIAL LICENSE unless you are using it commercially.
#Smartgit free archive#
Unzip the archive and run the 2.16 installer.
#Smartgit free update#
update if you need to there is a serious security flaw in versions lower than v6 update 29 so to do that we leave msysgit alone and go back to our browser to get SmartGit, a front end Gui for msygit that makes life alot easier to get started with Github.ĭownload SmartGit (free for non commercial use) JRE might be required so get it here if needed.
They need to be up and running as quickly as possible. Installing msysgit is not all that hard, but on windows successfully ssh'ing to you repositories and using git bash starts creating hurdles that a new user does not needs. Note : you have installed msysgit properly on windows you can diverge from the guide here if you wish to read up on using the git bash tool from using github STOP HERE, we are not going to do it that way. Once this is done you will be presented with a screen demanding you perform some command line actions in git bash (The last image). Now create a new repository from you github homepage. pub file) with a good text editor like notepadd ++Ĭode: Select all ssh-rsa lots and lots of random numbers and letters = you need to do is copy and past this into you github account (which you created earlier) under your account settings Now what you need to do is go to this folder and open your new id_rsa. is is the pass phrase for you ssh private key. This is not your password for logging into Github. Use a pass phrase or leave it blank for no pass phrase on the key file. to do this type this into the git bash console Now you need to generate you shh public and private key. Now in the Start Menu/all programs find git bash and run it or use the desktop shortcut if one was created.
Install msysgit to your system using these settings. Once that is done, stay signed in but leave it as it is for now.Ģ : Download msysgit (required) 1.7.8 at time of writing. It is important to note that this method is CROSS PLATFORM since SmartGit is based on Java.ġ : create your Github account (required) This is a good way for new users to get up and running with github, msysgit using a GUI called Smart Git so they can be creating and forking repositories quicker. You can use this guide for Git and SmartGIT Gui: Very simple to setup, this is the way to go. Github have released an own brand windows native client.
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