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## ⚙️ **Git Setup After Installation**

### 🧾 1️⃣ Configure your identity

```bash
git config --global user.name "Om Mapari"        # Set your Git username
git config --global user.email "mapariom05@gmail.com"   # Set your Git email
```

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🔒 2️⃣ Store login credentials securely

git config --global credential.helper manager    # Use Windows Credential Manager

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🔑 3️⃣ Generate SSH key

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "mapariom05@gmail.com"  # Create SSH key for GitHub

👉 Press Enter for all prompts (default location is fine).

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📋 4️⃣ Copy SSH public key

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub    # Show your SSH key to copy

➡️ Go to GitHub → Settings → SSH and GPG Keys → New SSH Key ➡️ Paste and Save ✅

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🧠 5️⃣ Test your SSH connection

ssh -T git@github.com        # Verify SSH connection with GitHub

Expected output:

Hi Om-mapari! You've successfully authenticated.

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📦 6️⃣ Clone a repository

git clone git@github.com:username/repo.git   # Clone repo using SSH

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💾 7️⃣ Commit and push changes

git add .                      # Stage all changes
git commit -m "Initial commit" # Save changes locally
git push                       # Upload to GitHub

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