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PowerShell

Retrieve the PowerShell Version

$PSVersionTable

Upgrade The Current PowerShell Version to PowerShell 7

"Installing PowerShell 7 ..."
winget install --id Microsoft.Powershell --source winget

"Retrieving the latest version of PowerShell ..."
winget search Microsoft.PowerShell

By default the package is installed to $env:ProgramFiles\PowerShell\<version>

Install PowerShell or PowerShell Preview using the id parameter

"Install PowerShell or PowerShell Preview using the id parameter ..."
winget install --id Microsoft.Powershell --source winget
winget install --id Microsoft.Powershell.Preview --source winget

Retrieve Windows Environment Variables

Get-ChildItem env:

Retrieve Windows Paths

$env:PATH -split ';'

Add to the Windows PATH environment variable

"Initializing the path to append ..."
$addPath = "C:\Users\yesse\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin"

"Creating the backup of the current env variables path ..."
$BackupEnvVarPath = "$env:USERPROFILE\BackupEnvVarPath.csv"
New-Item -ItemType File $BackupEnvVarPath -force
Set-Content -Path $BackupEnvVarPath -Value $env:PATH
$BackupContent = (Get-Content $BackupEnvVarPath).Split(';')
$BackupContent

"Removig the path if it already exists ..."
$arrPath = $env:Path -split ';' | Where-Object {$_ -notlike "$addPath*"}

"Appending the new path at the end of existing environment paths existing ..."
$env:Path = ($arrPath + $addPath) -join ';'

"New list of paths ..."
$env:PATH -split ';'

Remove a Path from the Windows PATH environment variable

"Initializing the path to remove ..."
$removePath = ""
"Current list of paths ..."

"Creating the backup of the current env variables path"
$BackupEnvVarPath = "$env:USERPROFILE\BackupEnvVarPath.csv"
New-Item -ItemType File $BackupEnvVarPath -force
Set-Content -Path $BackupEnvVarPath -Value $env:PATH
$BackupContent = (Get-Content $BackupEnvVarPath).Split(';')
$BackupContent

"Removig the path if it already exists ..."
$arrPath = $env:Path -split ';' | Where-Object {$_ -notlike "$removePath*"}
$env:Path = $arrPath -join ';'

"New list of paths ..."
$env:PATH -split ';'

Git

Create a new repository on the command line

CAUTiON: Works only if the credential Manager is deactivated

echo "# $UserRepo" >> README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "Automatd commit"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/djomo-moungoue/$UserRepo.git
git push -u origin main

Push an existing repository from the command line

CAUTiON: Works only if the credential Manager is deactivated

"Adding a new remote repository"
git remote add origin https://github.com/djomo-moungoue/$UserRepo.git
# git remote add origin git@github.com:User/UserRepo.git # Alternative command
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

Usual Commands

Change the url of an existing remote repository

"Changing the url of an existing remote repository"
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:User/UserRepo.git
"Verifying that you the remote URL is set correctly ..."
git remote -v

Push your code to the master branch of the remote repository defined with origin and -u let you point your current local branch to the remote master branch:

git push --set-upstream origin main # Alias -u

Troubleshooting

Problem

Pushing change to the remote repository https://github.com/$GitHubUser/$UserRepo.git ... fatal: 'origin' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Solution

git remote add origin https://github.com/$GitHubUser/$UserRepo.git

Problem

git remote add origin https://github.com/$GitHubUser/$UserRepo.git git push --set-upstream origin main # alias -u remote: Repository not found. fatal: repository 'https://github.com/$GitHubUser/$UserRepo.git/' not found

Solution

• Open "Manage Windows Credentials" from the Start menu.
• Delete any credentials related to Git or GitHub.
• Once you deleted all then try to clone again.

GitHub

Install Github CLI

Open Powershell as an Administrator.

Install Chocolatey

Source: https://curriculeon.github.io/Curriculeon/lectures/terminal/dos/install-chocolatey/content.html

Write-Host
"Installing Chocolatey on Windows OS ..."
Write-Host
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Write-Host
"Adding chocolatey to the env var path ..."
$env:PATH = $env:PATH + ";C:\ProgramData\chocolatey"
Write-Host

Write-Host
"Verifying that Github CLI has been added correctly ..."
Write-Host
$env:PATH -split ';'

Write-Host
"Verifying that chocolatey has been installed correctly ..."
Write-Host
choco --version # Alias: -v

Upgrade Chocolatey

Write-Host
"Upgrade Chocolatey ..."
Write-Host
choco upgrade chocolatey

Install Gitbhub CLI

Source: https://curriculeon.github.io/Curriculeon/lectures/version-control-systems/git/ghcli-installation/content.html

Write-Host
"Installing Github CLI on Windows OS ..."
Write-Host
choco install gh # Use --force to reinstall, specify a version to install, or try upgrade.

Write-Host
"Adding Github CLI to the env var path ..."
Write-Host
$env:PATH = $env:PATH + ";C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI"

Write-Host
"Verifying that Github CLI has been added correctly ..."
Write-Host
$env:PATH -split ';'

Write-Host
"Verifying that Github CLI has been installed correctly ..."
Write-Host
gh version

Write-Host
"Authenticating Github CLI assuming that the user environment variable GH_TOKEN is set properly ..."
Write-Host
#   -p, --git-protocol string   The protocol to use for git operations on this host: {ssh|https}
#  -h, --hostname string       The hostname of the GitHub instance to authenticate with
#  -w, --web                   Open a browser to authenticate
#      --with-token            Read token from standard input
gh auth login --git-protocol "https" --hostname "GitHub.com" --with-token

Help Command Usage

gh <command> <subcommand> --help
# Example
gh auth login --help

Make the current repository public

# gh repo edit --help
gh repo edit --visibility="public"

Clone a remote repository

# gh repo clone --help
gh repo clone $GitHubUserName/$RepoName       

Troubleshooting

Problem

gh : The term 'gh' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that
the path is correct and try again.

Solution

Install GitHub CLI and add its path to the Windows environment variables

Solution

Conda

Prevent Conda from activating the base environment by default

conda config --set auto_activate_base false

Deactive a conda environment on the current terminal session

conda activate env_name

Deactive a conda environment on the current terminal session

conda deactivate