Install and configure Git on CentOS

install-git-and-user-centos7.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Important: This version has not been tested and used yet

# First check if you have root privileges
if [ id -u 0 ]
  then echo "Please run as root"
  exit
fi

# Prompt user for necessary input
read -p "Please enter your username: " USERNAME
read -p "Please enter your e-mail: " USEREMAIL

# Install Git
sudo yum -y install git

# Verify if it's installed
git --version

# stores user into the global configuration file: ~./gitconfig
git config --global user.name USERNAME
git config --global user.email USEREMAIL

# verify the config
echo "The following user has been created in the global config (~./gitconfig):"
git config --list

# then create SSH key (stored in ~/.ssh)
# TODO: make it accept the default location and passhphrase without prompting
ssh-keygen -q -t rsa -b 4096 -C USEREMAIL

# Add the SSH key to the SSH agent
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

# add the SSH private key to the SSH-agent
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa

# Show the pbulic RSA in the console
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

# To be continued
# https://help.github.com/en/articles/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account