Initial Setup

Install Git

• Linux

# For CentOS/RHEL
sudo yum install git

or

# For Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install git

• macOS (Homebrew)

brew install git

• Windows

  • Download Git from the official website:
    https://git-scm.com/downloads or click here: Git

• Verify Installation

git --version

VS Code Setup for Gitlab

Git integration is built into VS Code.

Install GitLab Extension

1. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X).
2. Search for GitLab Workflow.
3. Click Install.

Set Git User

git init

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

git config --global user.email "your_email@example.com"

SSH Authentication Setup

1. Generate SSH Key

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"

• Replace with your GitLab email address.

2. Save SSH_KEY

• When prompted to “Enter a file in which to save the key,” press Enter. This will save the key to the default location or specify a custom one.

• Default:

  • When prompted to “Enter a file in which to save the key,” press Enter. This will save the key to the default location.
  • The SSH key will be saved in the ~/.ssh directory.
  • The default file name is id_ed25519 or id_ed25519.pub

• Custome:

  • /Folder_Path/file_name
  • Replace “Folder_Path” with the path where you want to save the key.
  • Replace “file_name” with the name you want to give to your key.
  • When prompted for a passphrase, press Enter without entering a passphrase.
  • This will save the key without a passphrase.
  • You can also specify a passphrase when prompted.
  • The passphrase will be used to encrypt the private key.

Default:

Private Key: id_ed25519
Public Key: id_ed25519.pub

3. Configure SSH Agent

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

4. Add Private Key to Agent

• Default:

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

• Custom:

ssh-add /Folder_Path/file_name

5. Add Public KEY to GitLab

Display Public Key

• Default:

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

• Custom:

cat /Folder_Path/file_name.pub

• Add to GitLab:
  1. Log in to GitLab
  2. Go to Preferences -> SSH Keys
  3. Paste your public key
  4. Give it a Title and click Add key

6. Verify SSH Connection

ssh -T git@gitlab.com

• Expected response:
  Welcome to GitLab, @yourusername!