work with Github repositories in Google Colab

git_google_colab.txt

# first cell: mount google drive folder on currect virtual machine of google colab
from google.colab import drive
drive.mount('/content/gdrive', force_remount=True)
%cd /content/gdrive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks
!pwd && ls

# upload your private ssh key as id_ed25519 from left sidebar to 'Colab Notebooks' folder
# or modify below code to provide it in another way
# second cell: need to run on every new Google Colab session before interacting with Github
!mkdir -p /root/.ssh
!cp id_ed25519 /root/.ssh/
!ssh-keyscan -t ed25519 github.com >> /root/.ssh/known_hosts
!chmod go-rwx /root/.ssh/id_ed25519
!git config --global user.email "tabrez@mailbox.org"
!git config --global user.name "Tabrez Iqbal"

# third cell: only run when github repo needs to be cloned to google drive
!git clone git@github.com:tabrez/fastai-book.git

# fourth cell: setup to be able to run git commands
%cd /content/gdrive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/fastai-book
!cp /root/.ssh/id_ed25519 .

# fifth cell: run git commands
!git status