Setting up Git, IntelliJ, GO with SSH access to Github in Windows

Make sure latest version of Git is installed for windows. Download Git

Git Configuration

Location of .gitconfig file for global level:
On unix systems

~ /.gitconfig

On windows

C:\Users\<username>\.gitconfig  

Add the following lines at global level or project level .gitconfig file depending on the use case.

[user]
	name = github_username
	email = [email protected]

or run the following commands to set global values

git config --global user.name "github_username"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

SSH Configuration

Generate SSH public and private key pairs.

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N Password_123 -C ssh_key_comment -f /path/to/ssh_key

Add your SSH public key to github.com Copy your private key to ~/.ssh directory.

Add the following lines to ~/.ssh/config file.

Host github.com
	HostName github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/ssh_private_key

Go installation and Configuration

Make sure latest version of Go is installed for windows. Download Go

Manual Procedure:

1. Navigate to the location where go_workspace need to be created.
2. Execute the following command in cmd to create go_workspace along with it's sub-directories.

mkdir go_workspace go_workspace\bin go_workspace\src go_workspace\pkg

3. Set GOPATH environment variable pointing to go_workspace directory.
4. Set PATH environment variable pointing to go_workspace\bin directory.

Automatic Procedure:

1. Run “Create go_workspace.cmd” at the location where go_workspace need to be created.
2. Set PATH environment variable pointing to go_workspace\bin directory.

Installing IntelliJ

Download and install IntelliJ for windows. Download IntelliJ

Opening IntelliJ

Edit "Open IntelliJ.cmd" to specify the installation directory of IntelliJ and it's respective .exe file

Double clicking on "Open IntelliJ.cmd" will execute start-ssh-agent, which is inside Git installation directory and then opens IntelliJ. So now IntelliJ will inherit the SSH_AUTH_SOCK and SSH_AGENT_PID environment variables set by start-ssh-agent

Opening Windows Command Line

Double clicking on "Open CMD.cmd" will execute start-ssh-agent and then opens a Windows Command Line.
Now Windows Command Line will have the same SSH_AUTH_SOCK and SSH_AGENT_PID environment variables as IntelliJ.
Make sure that your current directory is the project directory for the Git commands to work in the Windows Command Line.

Notes

As the IntelliJ Command Line and Windows Command Line has the same SSH_AUTH_SOCK and SSH_AGENT_PID environment variables, any SSH private key added to one of them will be available to the other.

Setting up custom commands

To use the custom commands present in custom_commands directory, set a new PATH environment variable pointing to custom_commands directory.

PATH=C:\Users\user_name\Desktop\custom_commands

Now these custom commands can be invoked directly from the IntelliJ Command Line or Windows Command Line.
ak - Add Key (Add private key to the SSH agent)
akt - Add Key with Time (Add private key to the SSH agent for a specified time duration)
akt 3600s
akt 60m
akt 1h
Note: For the above commands remember to update the location of private key at their respective .cmd files.
la - Lock Agent (Lock Agent the SSH agent with a password)
ua - Unlock Agent (Unlock Agent the SSH agent with a password)
lk - List Key (List all private key added to the SSH agent)
rk - Remove Key (Remove all private key from the SSH agent)
ggs - Go Get via SSH (Downloads the remote github repository like "go get" but uses SSH)
ggs [email protected]:user_name/repo_name.git
ggs https://github.com/user_name/repo_name.git
ggs github.com/user_name/repo_name