Meet Git

Last days I was struggling with Git and GitHub, as after work I sometimes make some custom projects and try to learn something new. So I'm going to keep in this post my own piece of advice on using git, as I've already stepped in one and the same situation several times :)

Permission denied (publickey):

If you try to clone a repository from the server to your Mac, and it says "Permission denied (publickey)", all you need to do is:
1. Show hidden files on Mac:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

killall Finder

2. Check what you have in /Users/youruser/.ssh folder. In my case there was a github_rsa file.
3. Run

ssh-add ~/.ssh/github_rsa

It will say:

Enter passphrase for /Users/sitecore/.ssh/github_rsa:

But when you typing something, nothing appears. Don't worry - it's ok, just type your passphrase (password) and press Enter.

Voila! Identity added.

Clone only one branch:

git init
git remote add -t $BRANCH -f origin $REMOTE_REPO
git checkout $BRANCH

Standard git clone -b branchname - will clone full repository and just checkout you to needed branch. The same as if you did git clone (repository) and git checkout (branch)

Picture by https://github.com/billyroh