openssh/git on Windows

You need to install msysgit with openssh first.

Basic ssh:

1. Check whether environment variable HOME is set by running command "echo %HOME%". If it is not set, set it (for me it is C:\Users\<username>\)
2. Put your private/public keys into directory: %HOME%/.ssh
3. SSH config file should be %HOME%/.ssh/config
4. open a windows cmd window and run "ssh -T <username>@<hostname> ".
   Or open git bash window, and run the same command.

ssh-agent

Unfortunately I could not make it work by using only native Windows env.

Instead, I ran it inside git bash. In git bash,

• run command
  eval `ssh-agent`
ssh-add <path>/<to>/<your>/<key>

Eclipse

Open preference dialog, search for "ssh2" and configure the path of private key, etc. accordingly.

git config

Download the git config file https://sites.google.com/site/jenvor/Home/.gitconfig?attredirects=0&d=1 to %HOME%/ and change it based on your info.

Initialize a local repo and push its content to an empty remote repo:

mkdir /path/to/your/project
cd /path/to/your/project
git init
git remote add origin <your_git_ssh_or_https_path>

# add/change files/directories

git add <file>

git commit
git push -u origin --all   # for the first time only

Set-up upstream branch: git branch -u origin/master

Git cheatsheet

My random notes on Git use.

g checkout path	for path, reset WT to Index (change WT)
g checkout tree-ish path	for path, reset WT and Index to tree-ish (change WT and Index)
g checkout branch	switches branch by updating the index, working tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified branch (current branch is switched)
g checkout commit_id	check out a commit for inspection and discardable experiments. (current branch is switched)
g checkout -p commit_id	don't switch branch; update working tree and Index interactively. E.g. g checkout -p HEAD
g checkout -b branchname\     start_point	create a new branch from start_point and switch to it. (current branch is switched)
g checkout	not sure yet!
g reset path	for path, reset index to HEAD (WT and branch are not touched)
g reset commit path	for path, reset index to commit (WT and branch are not touched)
g reset --option commit	reset HEAD to commit, and reset index or WT according to option (http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-reset.html)
--soft	only reset HEAD
--mixed (default)	reset HEAD and index
--hard	reset HEAD, index, and WT
--merge	reset HEAD and index; for each file:     HEAD != commit, then reset WT;     Index != WT, then don't reset WT;     HEAD != commit && Index != WT, then abort.
--keep	reset HEAD and index; for each file:     HEAD == commit, then don't reset WT;     HEAD != commit && WT == Index && Index == HEAD, then reset WT;     HEAD != commit && has local changes, then abort.
git rebase -i upstream	interactively rebase. You can choose to squash commits. E.g. git rebase -i HEAD^4, git rebasei HEAD@{4}