How to Setup Git on EC2 for AWS CodeCommit

Connect to the instance:

chmod 400 KEYPAIR.pem
ssh -i KEYPAIR.pem [email protected]
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Install Git:

sudo yum install -y git
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Setup Git Credential Helper:

git config --global credential.helper '!aws codecommit credential-helper [email protected]'
git config --global credential.UseHttpPath true
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Now you can clone the CodeCommit repo which will look something like the following:

https://git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v1/repos/My-Repo
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