Configure Git PHPStorm on Windows

In this article, I will guide you to configure Git PHPStorm on Windows to clone, pull, push,… with remote repository (Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket,…)

• Install Git to work with PHPStorm
• Generate SSH key
• Make Git PHPStorm work with remote repository
  • Note: Config file

Install Git to work with PHPStorm

First, we make Git work with PHPStorm on your computer.

• Download Git for Windows and install
• Make sure correct Path to Git executable
  
  • File -> Settings… -> Version Control -> Git
  • Browse Path to Git executable to Git Bash - git.exe (default, PHPStorm automatic detect)
  • You can click Test button if you like :D

Now, you can add, commit,… on your local. To clone, pull, push,… with remote repository, you need SSH key to authorization for Git.

Generate SSH key

If you has SSH key, you can skip this step.
You can generate SSH key on Windows use PuTTYgen of Putty or follow with steps:

• Open Gist Bash
• Type ssh-keygen -t rsa then enter (you can set passphrase if you need)

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa

Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/c/Users/Zet/.ssh/id_rsa):

Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):

Enter same passphrase again:

Your identification has been saved in /c/Users/Zet/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /c/Users/Zet/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
6d:88:c1:fe:e3:70:b8:35:34:2d:56:bc:da:99:80:2c Zet@WIN-BH43BN72IRN
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA 2048]----+
|                 |
|     .   .       |
|      o   o      |
|     o + = .     |
|    E = S =      |
|     . = B o     |
|      o B +      |
|       * o       |
|      . .        |
+-----------------+

• Go to C:Usersyour_username.ssh folder, you can see 2 files: id_rsa & id_rsa.pub. id_rsa.pub is public key, you can copy this content to repository remote. id_rsa is private key you need to authorization with server.

Make Git PHPStorm work with remote repository

• Open id_rsa.pub & copy content to your repository remote (Gitlab, Bitbucket, Github,…)
• PHPStorm will Integration with Git, you can work with remote repository. Make sure, the keys are stored in files with correct names: id_rsa: private key, id_rsa.pub: public key.

If you has SSH key, you can copy key to C:Usersyour_username.ssh folder & rename it to id_rsa.

Note: Config file

PhpStorm supports a standard method of using multiple ssh keys, by means of creating .ssh/config file. So if you use multiple keys you can pair it up with C:UsersuserName.sshconfig to specify which key you want to use for which server
Content config file:

Host git
    User=git
    Port=9522
    Hostname=git.example.com
    IdentityFile=C:/Users/userName/.ssh/your_key

You can use Port or not
So, you can make PHPStorm & Git work with remote repository. If you enjoyed this article, please subscriber of my blog. Thank for reading