Gitlab – git pull with ssh key

1. Clone the SSH repo

git clone git@gitlab.com:YourUsername/YourRepoName.git

(this will copy the repo into a new folder YourRepoName)

2. Alterantively to 1 if you have already copied the HTTPS version of the repo

check which version you have with “git remote -v”

$ git remote -v
origin git@gitlab.com:YourUsername/YourRepoName.git (fetch)
origin git@gitlab.com:YourUsername/YourRepoName.git (push)

if you have the repo that starts with git@… it’s already the SSH version if you have https:// then do following to change it to ssh version:

git remote set-url origin git@gitlab.com:YourUsername/YourRepoName.git

3. Create folders and files that store your public key

$ mkdir .ssh && chmod 700 .ssh
$ touch .ssh/authorized_keys && chmod 600 .ssh/authorized_keys

4. Copy you public key to authorized_keys file

Copy it from ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub (or whichever name you’ve given to it)

5. Have a ssh config file for Gitlab

cat ~/.ssh/config 
Host gitlab.com
    Preferredauthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
    IdentitiesOnly yes

7. Add your SSH pub key in Gitlab for this project

https://subscription.packtpub.com/book/application-development/9781783986842/2/ch02lvl1sec20/adding-your-ssh-key-to-gitlab

6. Now you’ll be able to do “git pull” without entering login and password for https version