Update git credentials post

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ItsDrike 2023-01-30 14:35:51 +01:00
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- <https://blog.bitsrc.io/how-to-use-multiple-git-accounts-378ead121235>
- <https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-ultimate-guide-to-ssh-setting-up-ssh-keys/>
- <https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/setting-up-a-repository/git-config>
changelog:
2023-01-30:
- Add note about disabling commit signing
- Add alternative command for copying on wayland
- Fix typos and text wrapping
---
Many people often find initially setting up their git user a bit unclear, especially when it comes to managing multiple
@ -66,6 +71,17 @@ git config --local user.email itsdrike@example.com
git config --local user.signingkey B014E761034AF742 # Signing key isn't required
```
{{< notice tip >}}
If your global git config has commit signing enabled by default, but you don't want to sign commits for the locally
configured account, you can disable it with:
```bash
git config --local commit.gpgsign false
```
{{< /notice >}}
## Git credentials
User configuration is one thing, but there's another important part of account configuration to consider, that is
@ -133,9 +149,9 @@ section matches this context. It will consider the two a match, if the context m
too, if they are present (`/ItsDrike/itsdrike.com`)
{{< notice note >}}
Git matches the hosts directly, without considering if they come from the same domain, so if subdomain differs, it will not register as a match.
For example, for context of `https://gitlab.work_company.com/user/repo.git`, it wouldn't match a configuration section
for `https://work_company.com`, since `wokr_company.com != gitlab.work_company.com`.
Git matches the hosts directly, without considering if they come from the same domain, so if subdomain differs, it will
not register as a match. For example, for context of `https://gitlab.work_company.com/user/repo.git`, it wouldn't match
a configuration section for `https://work_company.com`, since `work_company.com != gitlab.work_company.com`.
The paths are also matched exactly (if they're included), so for the example context from above, we would not get a
match on a config section with `https://gitlab.work_company.com/user`, only on
@ -306,15 +322,17 @@ the most commonly used platforms:
- [BitBucket](https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/set-up-an-ssh-key/#Step-3.-Add-the-public-key-to-your-Account-settings)
{{< notice tip >}}
The documentation may tell you to use `pbcopy` or some other command line tool to copy the SSH key contents to your clipboard. For example:
The documentation may tell you to use `pbcopy` or some other command line tool to copy the SSH key contents to your
clipboard. For example:
```bash
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
```
However, if you are having trouble with this command, you can use `xsel --clipboard --input < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub`
instead, or you can also just simply open up the public key file in any editor of your choosing, and copy the
**entire** file contents with Ctrl+C.
instead, or `wl-copy < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519` on wayland. You can also just simply open up the public key file in any
editor of your choosing, and copy the **entire** file contents with Ctrl+C (if you're one of the weird people that use
windows, this is your only option).
{{< /notice >}}
#### Test if it works