Security and Git

• A workshop by CrimsonTome for HullCSS

Topics

• Git
  • Quick intro to Git (not expecting many first years or foundation years to attend)
  • Setting up your development envirnment with a .gitconfig
• GitHub
  • Quick intro to GitHub
  • Customising your profile
  • GitHub actions
• GPG
  • Intro to GPG
  • Using GPG to sign your git commits
  • Using GPG to encrypt emails between two people
• SSH keys
  • Intro to SSH keys
  • How you can use them with git services such as GitHub or Gitea
• Contributing to open-source
  • Contribution guidelines / etiquette

Helpful resources and references

• Student Resource List - The SRL is a list of CS resources created by and for students.
• GPG and Thunderbird - How to set up GPG in Thunderbird
• GPG intro - An introduction to GPG by RedHat
• SSH key intro - Learn how SSH keys are used