Get Your .gitconfig

1. Your Git Config is located at ~/.gitconfig
2. Encode the File with base64:

cat .gitconfig | base64 -w 0

1. Create a variable on gitpod.

• Enter Name GITCONFIG.
• Enter output of previous command as Value.

1. Add following task to your .gitpod.yml:

tasks:
    - before: >
          [[ ! -z $GITCONFIG  ]] &&
          echo $GITCONFIG | base64 -d > ~/.gitconfig &&
          chmod 644 ~/.gitconfig

Make commits GPG-signed

1. To sign commit using GPG you must first add GPG keys to Github and/or Gitlab.

• For Github
• For Gitlab

1. Your GPG Keys are stored in ~/.gnupg folder. Encode this folder with base64.

tar -czf - ~/.gnupg | base64 -w 0

1. Create a variable on gitpod.
   • Enter Name GNUPG.
   • Enter output of previous command in Value.
2. Add following task to your .gitpod.yml:

tasks:
    - before: >
          [[ ! -z $GNUPG  ]] &&
          cd ~ &&
          rm -rf .gnupg &&
          echo $GNUPG | base64 -d | tar --no-same-owner -xzf -

SSH Github and Gitlab from gitpod

1. Add SSH Keys to Github and/or Gitlab
   • For Github
   • For Gitlab
2. Get your SSH Public Key from id_rsa.pub:
   • Create a variable on gitpod.
   • Enter Name SSH_PUBLIC_KEY.
   • Paste the contents of file in Value.
3. Get your SSH Public Key from id_rsa:
   • Create a variable on gitpod.
   • Enter Name SSH_PRIVATE_KEY.
   • Encode the File id_rsa with base64.

cat id_rsa | base64 -w 0

• Paste the output of previous command in Value.

1. Add Following tasks to your .gitpod.yml:

tasks:
    - before: >
          mkdir -p ~/.ssh &&
          [[ ! -z $SSH_PUBLIC_KEY  ]] &&
          echo $SSH_PUBLIC_KEY > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub &&
          chmod 644 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub &&
          [[ ! -z $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY  ]] &&
          echo $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY | base64 -d > ~/.ssh/id_rsa &&
          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Thank You!