installing gitman on windows

By Dan Aukes

    Support for multiple github accounts

    install choco

    Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString(‘https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

    Install Git

    choco install -y git.install –params “/NoShellIntegration /NoCredentialManager /GitAndUnixToolsOnPath” choco install -y gitextensions

    choco install -y kdiff3 choco install -y notepadplusplus

    python -m venv $HOME/envs/gen

    Install git management tool

    envs/gen/scripts/activate

    pip install git_manage

    get config file

    generate keys

    Add keys to github acct

    Steps to get git to recognize github ssh keys

    open git bash

    which git
cd /mingw64/bin
bash
exec ssh-agent bash
ssh-add -l
ssh-add ~/path/to/your/key

    add a .ssh/config file

    you need to configure your ssh client to apply keys associated with different github users.

    Generate token

    Go to github and do that:

    https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token

    Create new user

    python envs\gen\Scripts\gitman -u new –update-config list-github

    External Resources