📅 2023-04-17 — Session: Resolved GitHub authentication and updated Git scripts
🕒 14:00–14:15
🏷️ Labels: Github, SSH, Bash Script, Automation, Git
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to resolve GitHub authentication issues due to the removal of password authentication and to update Git remote URLs from HTTPS to SSH for better security and automation.
Key Activities
- GitHub Authentication Error Resolution: Addressed the removal of password authentication for GitHub by providing steps to authenticate using a Personal Access Token (PAT) or SSH key.
- Updating Git Remote URL to SSH: Provided instructions to update the remote URL of a Git repository from HTTPS to SSH.
- Resolution of SSH Authentication Issue: Confirmed the resolution of an SSH authentication issue by updating the remote URL and advised updating other local clones.
- Script Modification for Git Remote URL Handling: Developed a Bash script to automate the modification of Git remote URLs from HTTPS to SSH.
- Resolving Git Repository Error in Shell Script: Provided solutions for executing Git commands outside a Git repository by ensuring navigation to the correct directory.
- Debugging Git Repository Script: Offered guidance on debugging a shell script for Git commands, including adding debugging statements.
- Fixing Git Remote URL in Bash Script: Corrected a Bash script for updating Git remote URLs and handling repository operations.
- Bash Script for Updating Git Remote URLs: Delivered a comprehensive Bash script that automates updating Git remote URLs and managing repository operations, including error handling for directory navigation.
Achievements
- Successfully resolved GitHub authentication issues and updated Git remote URLs to SSH.
- Developed and debugged a Bash script for automating Git repository management.
Pending Tasks
- Ensure all local clones of repositories are updated with the new SSH remote URLs.
- Further test the Bash script across different environments to ensure robustness.