Setting up personal git keys

(Replace with your name and email)

1     Generate new personal SSH keys

1. Run this:

    cd ~/.ssh/; ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]" -f "id_rsa_personal"

2     Add personal SSH keys

1. Copy ~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal.pub into your Gitlab keys.
2. Ubuntu: Set SSH keys perms: chmod 0600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa*
3. Windows only: eval $(ssh-agent)
4. Run these:

    ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal
    touch ~/.ssh/config
    gedit ~/.ssh/config

5. Paste this into the config file:

    # Work account - default
    Host gitlab.com
       HostName gitlab.com
       User git
       IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   
    # Personal account
    Host gitlab.com-personal
       HostName gitlab.com
       User git
       IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal

3     Update existing personal repos

1. Check the git remote with this: git remote -v
2. Update with git remote set-url origin [email protected]:ethanredmond/[REPO_NAME].git if necessary.
3. Also run these to change commit names:

    git config user.name "Ethan Redmond"
    git config user.email [email protected]

4     Cloning new personal repos

git clone [email protected]:ethanredmond/[REPO_NAME].git

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