Git Token Question

[TheDog]

It's just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right

Its a time warp, your going nowhere....

yet...

[beelee]

@thedog

sounds like dancing with my cousins when i was kid

Mom up now. Gotta tend to her. Probably be a while till I can try again

We'll make it work. Any help is appreciated though

[LaFayette]

SSH keys are an example of public/private key cryptography. On your computer you generate a private key and a public key. You then give the public key to anyone that wants to authenticate messages from you. You can then encrypt messages using your private key and when someone else uses your public key to decode it, it works. In essence, the only way to read messages encrypted with a given private key is by using the public key, and by reading the encrypted message the private key also cannot be derived.

So, you should have a public and private key generated on your machine somewhere. You then need to upload the public key, here is the link: https://github.com/settings/ssh/new

Find your public key on your computer, copy/paste the whole thing (be sure it is your public key and not private), go to the link above, and paste it in.

[LaFayette]

@TheDog , there are several ways to upload files into github. The easiest is simply using the web-ui and doing drag-and-drop. AFAIK google drive requires you to log in, and drag and drop files to upload. Same thing in github.com, you log in, then drag and drop files.
(the only difference is the map file should not be compressed (should not be zipped) so that it can be distributed automatically)

edit, you need to create a repository to host your map first, so you need to:

• login
• create repository (use this link: https://github.com/new)
• drag and drop files to upload

[beelee]

@lafayette sadly I continue to struggle. I found the private and public keys. Private is on left and public is on right.

I open public and copy then paste to the above link where it says Title

and then i get this

Edit
ok just typed in a title and then pasted into the next box. That created some new results. We'll see if it works

[beelee]

@beelee ok looks as if we may have success

I'll try an update a repo next.

[beelee]

OK that minor nightmare is over and we're back in action. I'll post a step by step process of how I did it a bit later for any that are interested.

[TheDog]

Your perseverance has paid off, well done!!!

Im interested in the document.

[LaFayette]

@beelee Please check for any good online tutorials before writing one. It's better to reference a well written tutorial than to write and maintain our own.

[beelee]

@lafayette believe me I did.

[LaFayette]

@beelee FWIW, here are a few:

https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account

https://predictivehacks.com/how-to-add-an-ssh-key-to-github/

https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/server/ssh/how-to-add-ssh-keys-to-your-github-account/

To make it more generalized we'd need to find something that details how to generate a SSH key on windows.

[beelee]

@lafayette yes my experience is with linus. I'm not trying to make a "Frostion" type guide. Just going to explain the steps I went through and explain where I had difficulties in case it can help others.

It was frustrating as computer stuff is not easy for me. If it helps good, if not it can be ignored.

Didn't mean to imply any type of official triplea guide. : )

Edit
yea i read the first two links when I was trying to figure it out. Not the third until now but it basically says the same.

[beelee]

This is the one I used and lafayette has it listed as well
https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account

I think my mistakes are already documented above lol, so I would say just pay close attention to the directions. : )