Configure the GIT & Clone the GIT Repository in Windows 7

·         Firstly, install the GIT from here https://git-scm.com/downloads if you do not have already installed.

·         Next, we need to generate the SSH Keys before we configure for Git:

Open the Git Bash, and try the following command:

$ ssh-keygen

Generating public/private rsa key pair.

Enter file in which to save the key (/c/Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa):

Either press Enter to generate it on the above default location or you can specify it after colon (: ) as per your preference -  eg. /c/Keys/.ssh/id_rsa

And, enter the Passphrase which will require for using git activities for authentication.

Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):

Enter same passphrase again:

Your identification has been saved in /c/Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa.

Your public key has been saved in /c/Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.

The key fingerprint is:

d0:82:24:8e:d7:f1:bb:9b:33:53:96:93:49:da:9b:e3 username@mypc.local

To verify it, you can try typing below command:

$ cat /c/Users/username/ssh/id_rsa.pub

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAklOUpkDHrfHY17SbrmTIpNLTGK9Tjom/BWDSU

GPl+nafzlHDTYW7hdI4yZ5ew18JH4JW9jbhUFrviQzM7xlELEVf4h9lFX5QVkbPppSwg0cda3

Pbv7kOdJ/MTyBlWXFCR+HAo3FXRitBqxiX1nKhXpHAZsMciLq8V6RjsNAQwdsdMFvSlVK/7XA

t3FaoJoAsncM1Q9x5+3V0Ww68/eIFmb1zuUFljQJKprrX88XypNDvjYNby6vw/Pb0rwert/En

mZ+AW4OZPnTPI89ZPmVMLuayrD2cE86Z/il8b+gw3r3+1nKatmIkjn2so1d01QraTlMqVSsbx

NrRFi9wrf+M7Q== username@mypc.local

Adding the SSH Keys to Git for Authentication

$ ssh-add /c/Users/ username/ssh/id_rsa

To check the ssh-agent:  

$ ssh-agent –s

To check the agent id:   

$ eval $(ssh-agent)

To check agent identitiy

$ ssh-add –l

To check the Tunnelling:

$ ssh -T git@git.yourdomain.com OR your_git_repository_url

To clone the project from GIT Repository

$ git clone git@git.yourdomain.com or your_git_repository_url

Eg. your_git_repository_url  = https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git