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Git Switch from HTTPS to SSH

January 20, 2022 by Ulysses

If you have trouble cloning a github repo using https, you can tell it to switch to SSH instead.

Here’s the command.

git config --global url.ssh://git@github.com/.insteadOf https://github.com/

I had to specify reconfigure when I ran terraform init.

terraform init --reconfigure

Install Docker on Amazon Linux 2

December 11, 2021 by Ulysses

Steps how to install Docker and Docker Compose on Amazon Linux 2.

Install Docker

$ sudo amazon-linux-extras install docker
$ sudo service docker start
$ sudo usermod -a -G docker ec2-user

Start at boot.

$ sudo chkconfig docker on

Install git (optional).

$ sudo yum install -y git

Install Docker Compose

$ sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) \
-o /usr/bin/docker-compose
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Check

docker --version
docker-compose --version

Git Clone Multiple Accounts

November 28, 2021 by Ulysses

How to clone repositories with multiple Github accounts.

git clone git@github.com-yourgitaccount:yourgitaccount/myrepo.git

Git Reset

October 13, 2021 by Ulysses

To undo a git add, run git reset file or get reset.

git reset filename
git reset

Run git status to check.

git status

Here’s the permission needed for an AWS user to manage their own IAM account. The policy allows them to view their own account information, change their own passwords, rotate access keys and certificates, and manage their own git credentials.

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "AllowViewAccountInfo",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:GetAccountPasswordPolicy",
                "iam:GetAccountSummary"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowManageOwnPasswords",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:ChangePassword",
                "iam:GetUser"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowManageOwnAccessKeys",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:CreateAccessKey",
                "iam:DeleteAccessKey",
                "iam:GetAccessKeyLastUsed",
                "iam:ListAccessKeys",
                "iam:UpdateAccessKey"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowManageOwnSigningCertificates",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:DeleteSigningCertificate",
                "iam:ListSigningCertificates",
                "iam:UpdateSigningCertificate",
                "iam:UploadSigningCertificate"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowManageOwnSSHPublicKeys",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:DeleteSSHPublicKey",
                "iam:GetSSHPublicKey",
                "iam:ListSSHPublicKeys",
                "iam:UpdateSSHPublicKey",
                "iam:UploadSSHPublicKey"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowManageOwnGitCredentials",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:CreateServiceSpecificCredential",
                "iam:DeleteServiceSpecificCredential",
                "iam:ListServiceSpecificCredentials",
                "iam:ResetServiceSpecificCredential",
                "iam:UpdateServiceSpecificCredential"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
        }
    ]
}

{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Sid": "AllowViewAccountInfo", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:GetAccountPasswordPolicy", "iam:GetAccountSummary" ], "Resource": "*" }, { "Sid": "AllowManageOwnPasswords", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:ChangePassword", "iam:GetUser" ], "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}" }, { "Sid": "AllowManageOwnAccessKeys", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:CreateAccessKey", "iam:DeleteAccessKey", "iam:GetAccessKeyLastUsed", "iam:ListAccessKeys", "iam:UpdateAccessKey" ], "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}" }, { "Sid": "AllowManageOwnSigningCertificates", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:DeleteSigningCertificate", "iam:ListSigningCertificates", "iam:UpdateSigningCertificate", "iam:UploadSigningCertificate" ], "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}" }, { "Sid": "AllowManageOwnSSHPublicKeys", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:DeleteSSHPublicKey", "iam:GetSSHPublicKey", "iam:ListSSHPublicKeys", "iam:UpdateSSHPublicKey", "iam:UploadSSHPublicKey" ], "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}" }, { "Sid": "AllowManageOwnGitCredentials", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:CreateServiceSpecificCredential", "iam:DeleteServiceSpecificCredential", "iam:ListServiceSpecificCredentials", "iam:ResetServiceSpecificCredential", "iam:UpdateServiceSpecificCredential" ], "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}" } ] }

XCode after Catalina Upgrade

December 25, 2019 by Ulysses

I tried running git after the Mac OS Catalina upgrade and got this error.

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools),
missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

Here’s the fix. For some very odd reason, Apple does not automatically reinstall xcode after each Mac OS upgrade.

You will need to either reset it or install it again.

# Try reset first
xcode-select --reset
# Or install it if reset doesn't work
xcode-select --install

Close your terminal, and reopen and run git again.

Git Diff Head

September 3, 2019 by Ulysses

Here’s how to check what’s changed in your local Git repo vs the master repo.

Git Status tells you what file has changed, but not to the level of detail such as what lines or what code was changed.

git diff HEAD

Storing Git Credentials

February 9, 2019 by Ulysses

There are two ways to store git credentials. One is temporary and the other permanent. You can store your git credentials unencrypted on disk forever or in cache memory temporarily.

Temporary. Store for 15 minutes.

git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=900'

Permanent.

git config credential.helper store
git push http://example.com/repo.git
Username: <type your username>
Password: <type your password>

Next time you use git, you will not be prompted for a password.