Pair programming with Tmux

pair-program-tmux.md

Pair programming with Tmux

Using the same user

User 1

1. SSH into the box

    user1@user1-machine$ ssh user@host
   

2. Start a tmux session with a name

    user@remote-machine$ tmux new -s <session_name>
   

User 2

1. SSH into the box

    user2@user2-machine$ ssh user@host
   

2. Join the session created by User 1

    user@remote-machine$ tmux a -t <session_name>
   

Using different users

User 1

1. SSH into box

    user1@user1-machine$ ssh user1@host
   

2. Create a tmux session as a file and set its permissions

    user1@remote-machine$ tmux -S /tmp/pair -d -s pair
    user1@remote-machine$ chmod 777 /tmp/pair
   

3. Join session

    user1@remote-machine$ tmux -S /tmp/pair attach
   

User 2

1. SSH into box

    user2@user2-machine$ ssh user2@host
   

2. Join session created by User 1

    user2@remote-machine$ tmux -S /tmp/pair attach
   

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Credits to Flaviu Simihaian and Chris Hunt from where these are taken.