gitconfig-cli 0.1.0

Cross-platform CLI tool to install and configure Git + SSH

Git Setup Anywhere (Python)

A single cross-platform Python CLI tool to install, configure, and prepare Git + SSH for GitHub (or any Git host) on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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✅ Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• Internet connection
• Admin / sudo privileges are required only for installing Git
• OpenSSH installed (usually preinstalled on modern systems)

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🚀 Features

• ✅ Installs Git automatically (if missing)
• ✅ Works on:
  • Windows (via winget)
  • macOS (via brew)
  • Linux (via apt, dnf, yum, pacman, zypper)
• ✅ Interactive Git user configuration
  • user.name
  • user.email
• ✅ Sets best-practice defaults:
  • init.defaultBranch = main
  • color.ui = auto
  • core.editor = nano
• ✅ SSH key generation (ed25519)
• ✅ Adds SSH key to ssh-agent when possible
• ✅ Displays public key for easy GitHub/GitLab setup
• ✅ Safe overwrite protection for existing SSH keys
• ✅ Clean, colorful, interactive CLI
• ✅ Open-source and fully customizable

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❌ What This Tool Does NOT Do

• ❌ It does not automatically add your SSH key to GitHub (for security reasons)
• ❌ It does not manage multiple Git profiles
• ❌ It does not modify repository-level Git config
• ❌ It does not run silently without user interaction (yet)

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📦 Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/abdullah-shaikh03/GitConfig.git
cd GitConfig

NOTE : If Windows blocks the execution temporarily allow the execution by running the following command in PowerShell:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass