Git

Install Git

On the Unix box, install Git. To do so, follow this link: [1]

Git User

A Git user must be provided by the development organization. This Git user must have clone, pull, and push access to the projects' repositories to be on-boarded. This Git user is used for all projects.

Set Git Authentication for the Jenkins User

Scripts clone and push to and from the repository; The Git user login and password must be set as per this page: [2]

The following is an example of a ~/.netrc file on Unix:

  machine github.com
  login gitUserName
  password gitPassword

And on the command line, make sure the following is entered:

  git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
  git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Test

Make sure you can clone some repository using git clone, without having to enter at the prompt the login and password of the Git user.