Generate SSH keys

• Generate a new ssh key with the following cmd (I use Git Bash terminal):

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "joebloggs.com"  (replace joebloggs with your email address but keep the quotation marks)

• When you are prompted to "Enter a file in which to save the key" press Enter (this accepts the default location)
• When prompted to enter a passphrase you can either enter a passphrase or leave blank by just hitting enter (if you opt for a passphrase then you need to enter it every time you e.g. push to github)

This should generate a key which starts with ssh-rsa .................... and ends with == joebloggs.com .

• Check in this file to make sure the above key has been generated C:\Users\<Your name>\.ssh\id_rsa.pub  (you may need to use "open with" e.g. notepad because it defaults to a Publisher file!) 

• Add the key to github keys https://github.com/settings/keys 

_{Here's some more detailed notes on ssh key pair generation:}

_{Generate a public/private ssh key pair (https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/) and provide the public key to the git admin within the team. Add the public key to your git account https://github.com/settings/keys}

_{Now follow the guide on the /wiki/spaces/TISDEV/pages/31981641 page.}

_{If there are issues with SSH, you can set up your repos to use https instead https://help.github.com/articles/changing-a-remote-s-url/}

Implications of line endings settings on windows development environment 

Programming on Windows alongside developers who are not (or vice-versa), will usually result in line-ending issues at some point. This is because Windows uses both a carriage-return character and a linefeed character for newlines in its files, whereas Mac and Linux systems use only the linefeed character. Because the team predominantly consists of MAC users, to ensure that the line-ending  issue doesn't occur, apply a one off fix by typing in the following command

git config --global core.autocrlf input

This fix will leave you with CRLF endings in Windows checkouts, but LF endings on Mac and Linux systems and in the repository.