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Gist Recipes

Search your own Gist:

user:malkab ssh

GitHub Pages

Steps to add a custom domain like subdomain.domain.io from GoDaddy managed domain:

  • put a CNAME to for the subdomain to the user's account at GitHub at GoDaddy: subdomain > user.github.io

  • introduce custom domain in GitHub: subdomain.domain.io

Wait until propagation, and activate HTTPS. Check DNS with:

dig cell.37north.io +nostats +nocomments +nocmd

Migrating to GitHub

Migrating from other platforms like GitLab to GitHub:

# Review repo and check for big files
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# Rename old origin
git remote rename origin origin-old
# Add new origin
git remote add origin git@github.com:user/repo.git
# Rename master to main
git branch -M main
# Push
git push -u origin main
# Push all branches
git push --all origin
# Drop old remote
git remote rm origin-old
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