A Guide for Hackers who want to become a committer

This repository includes the path to become a committer with any kind of git oriented workflow to push commits to any kind of forge.

Setting SSH Keys

Please read :

• https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent
• https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account

Configuring GPG Key

• https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/generating-a-new-gpg-key

• After generating GPG Key please run :

gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format=long

• Then run this command but replace 3AA5C34371567BD2 with your GPG Key ID:

gpg --output secret.key --export-secret-keys 3AA5C34371567BD2

• Then run this command for Revocation Certificate but replace 3AA5C34371567BD2 with your GPG Key ID:

gpg --output revoke.asc --gen-revoke 3AA5C34371567BD2

• Then export your public key with this command but replace 3AA5C34371567BD2 with your GPG Key ID :

gpg --armor --export 3AA5C34371567BD2 > 3AA5C34371567BD2.asc

• publish to PGP Global Directory , import key , trust and sign with Thunderbird Email Client or any other client

• After this backup your secret.key and revoke.asc to an external disk and keep it safe.

• Then open your public key with a text editor and copy all text and add your Public Key to GitHub like told here : https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/adding-a-gpg-key-to-your-github-account

For signing Commits with your GPG Key

Please read this :

• https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/signing-commits
• https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/telling-git-about-your-signing-key

To check :

chmod +x git-sign-check.sh
./git-sign-check.sh

Configuring User Email and User Name for commits

• https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/getting-started-with-git/setting-your-username-in-git

• https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address

Conclusion

• We have generated SSH Key and added our public SSH Key to our GitHub account.
• We have generated GPG Key, exported secret key, exported revocation certificate, published our public key to a server in this example PGP Global Directory and then we moved our secret.key and revoke.asc to an external disk. Then we added our GPG key to GitHub account.
• For signing commit we configured our git account.

happy hacking!...

Where we store this documentation

• https://source.masscollabs.xyz/masscollaborationlabs/hacker-how-to

• https://github.com/hwpplayer1/hacker-how-to

• https://gitlab.com/masscollabs/masscollaborationlabs/hacker-how-to

• https://git.sr.ht/~mertgor/hacker-how-to

• https://git.disroot.org/hwpplayer1/hacker-how-to

• https://codeberg.org/hwpplayer1/hacker-how-to

License

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