My attempt to do darcs basic stuffs.

darcs-confiure-steps.md

Darcs

Requirements

• ssh (I'm using 10.2p1 version).
• darcs (I'm using 2.18.5 version).
• text editor.

Steps

1. Create ssh private key !

   $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/darcshubkey
   

2. Add these lines to ssh config (e.g. ~/.ssh/config) !

   Host hub.darcs.net
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/darcshubkey
    User <USERNAME>
    ControlMaster no
    ForwardAgent no
    ForwardX11 no
    Ciphers +aes256-cbc
    MACs +hmac-sha1
    PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes ssh-rsa
    HostKeyAlgorithms ssh-rsa
    KexAlgorithms curve25519-sha256@libssh.org
   

3. Create darcs account and a simple repository !

4. Go to settings and paste your ~/.ssh/darcshubkey.pub !

5. Get a copy of the repository !

   $ darcs get your_name@hub.darcs.net:your_repo
   

6. Create a simple file to test !

   $ cd your_repo && touch file.txt
   

7. Add your file, commit it, and push it to remote repository !

   $ darcs add file.txt
   $ darcs record -m "your message."
   $ darcs push your_name@hub.darcs.net:your_repo