Adding source control to my project in xcode

Question

I am following this tutorial in raywenderlich.com: http://www.raywenderlich.com/22590/beginning-automated-testing-with-xcode-part-12 . I have problem linking my project to my repo. I have already created the repo in my github account and downloaded the starter project.

I face two problems:

1) xcode keeps asking for my password and when i enter my github account password and username, it keeps saying my authenication is wrong. its username says git always...

2) In the tutorial, to get an initial commit it says: Go to File\\Source Control\\Commit (⌥⌘-C) and on the following screen, enter a commit message like “initial commit” and click Commit. but when i type initial commit, the commit is not highlighted and doesn't allow me to click it.

Need some guidance to start on source control for my iOS projects..

Answer 1

Honestly? Don't use Xcode for that. I know I am not answering your question, but there are better ways of doing it. At the moment I am using Command Line and it's more than enough for what I do. Sometimes I use SourceTree , but most of the times it's Command Line.

Answer 2

1) I think you clone your project from the github.com with the https link. You should choose the git one, something like this: git@github.com:username/projectname.git . Or you should refer to GitHub's help page at https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git#platform-mac , which tell you to install the osxkeychain credential helper.

It is written on GitHub:

The credential helper only works when you clone an HTTPS repo URL. If you use the SSH repo URL instead, SSH keys are used for authentication. This guide offers help generating and using an SSH key pair.

2) Have not got any good idea right now.