Setting up VSCode, Git, and GitHub

Opening files in VSCode from the command line

Open the Command Palette and then type shell command.

Select Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH.

Install Homebrew

From the terminal, run:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Follow Homebrew's next steps to add Homebrew to PATH.

Update Git

brew install git

git --version

Make sure Git version is at least 2.28.

If necessary, run

brew doctor
brew cleanup

Configure Git and GitHub

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "yourname@example.com"

git config --global init.defaultBranch main

git config --global pull.rebase false

echo .DS_Store >> ~/.gitignore_global
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

SSH Key

Check if Ed25519 algorithm SSH key is already installed

ls ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

To create a new SSH key:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your@email.com"

Link your SSH key with GitHub

Create new New SSH Key on GitHub

Copy your public SSH key.

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Paste the key into GitHub.

Testing your key

$ ssh -T git@github.com

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