This page summarizes the basic git commands to work with CMSSW

  * Generating SSH Keys: [[https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys]] (skip the xclip part and directly open the id_rsa.pub with the editor)
  * Initialize in your working directory (or in your home) an empty git repository:

  git init
  git config --global user.name "your name as in github"
  git config --global user.email "your email"
  git config --global core.editor "your favorite editor (ex. emacs)"
  #check your settings
  git config --list

  * Check out git-cmssw commands in your home:

  git clone git@github.com:fwyzard/cms-git-tools.git
  #add this line to your ~.cshrc
  export PATH=$PWD/cms-git-tools:$PATH

  * Setup a CMSSW area

  scram p CMSSW_X_X_X
  cd CMSSW_X_X_X/src
  cmsenv
  git cms-init

  * To check out a package simply do

  git cms-addpkg "Package"