How to connect git with DirectAdmin
Login into SSH and run the following command to create a new key pair
-ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “[email protected]”
When prompted for file location, press Enter to accept default (~/.ssh/id_rsa).
Set a passphrase or press Enter to skip it.
Add your SSH key to the SSH agent
eval “$(ssh-agent -s)”
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Show the public key:
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Copy the entire output.
Go to GitHub → Settings → SSH and GPG Keys → New SSH Key.
Paste the key and save.
Run the below command to secure SSH private key.
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Run the following command in terminal to check connection of server with github account
ssh -T -i /home/sufiyans/newprivatekey [email protected]
OUTPUT
Hi Sufiyanshaikh123! You’ve successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
CLONE REPOSITORY
GIT_SSH_COMMAND=’ssh -i /home/sufiyans/newprivatekey’ git clone [email protected]:Sufiyanshaikh123/whmcshooks.git
Clone into current directory without creating new folder
GIT_SSH_COMMAND=’ssh -i /home/sufiyans/newprivatekey’ git clone [email protected]:Sufiyanshaikh123/whmcshooks.git .
Pull sync only the new changes in the repo. If you have deleted any file intentionally, it won’t download it from repo again.
GIT_SSH_COMMAND=’ssh -i /home/sufiyans/newprivatekey’ git pull
Pull again from repo and also restore the deleted file.
GIT_SSH_COMMAND=’ssh -i /home/sufiyans/newprivatekey’ git fetch origin
The below command will:
Fetch the latest changes from GitHub.
Force your working directory to match the remote exactly.
Erase any uncommitted local changes or deletions.
git reset –hard origin/main