How to clone private git repository in node.js

Question

The idea is the following:

node.js in the application should be able to clone private github repositories using ssh. After User send his/her ssh key, the application could be able to clone his repository.

I think about using GIT_SSH variable to use multiple ssh keys. Can any one tell me how this could be implemented?

Please add code that you tried so that it can explain the description more. — Miheretab Alemu
– Miheretab Alemu, Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 18:01

rsp · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-07 17:27:57Z

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You may want to reconsider the idea of users sending you their private SSH keys. I would be very surprised if anyone would do that.

What you can do instead is to use the GitHub API and deploy keys, that can be made read only. See:

For a good introduction on how you can access Git repos fron Node, see:

Manipulating git repositories with Node.js by Radek Pazdera

Examples in that article use NodeGit. It has excellent documentation on:

http://www.nodegit.org/api/

edited Feb 7, 2017 at 17:27

answered Feb 7, 2017 at 17:22

rsp

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