Git

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This section assumes git has been installed, configured, and linked to your github account already.

If not (e.g. if you are setting up a brand-new machine), follow the official github instructions.

Use your work email when making commits to our repositories. The simplest path to correctness is setting global config:

git config --global user.email "trussel@truss.works"

git config --global user.name "Trusty Trussel"

If you drop the --global flag these settings will only apply to the current repo. If you ever re-clone that repo or clone another repo, you will need to remember to set the local config again. You won't. Use the global config. :-)

For web-based Git operations, GitHub will use your primary email unless you choose "Keep my email address private". If you don't want to set your work address as primary, please turn on the privacy setting.

Note if you want use HTTPS instead of SSH for working with git, since we want 2-factor-authentication enabled, you need to create a personal access token and use that as your password.