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##Setup
To start working with Rad Dev, you need to have ssh access setup. This guide is still a work in progress.

###ssh access
first start by setting up your own public/private key pair set. This can use either dsa or rsa, so basically any key you setup will work. On most systems you can use ssh-keygen. But first you want to make sure you are cd into your .ssh directory.
Open up the terminal and run

```cd  ~/.ssh && ssh-keygen```

__next__ you need to copy this to your clipboard.

- on OSX run 

  - ```cat id_rsa.pub | pbcopy```

- on Linux run 

  - ```cat id_rsa.pub | xclip```

__next__ add your key to [wiki:/users/account your account]


__finally__ if you are using git, setup your git config

```git config --global user.name "bob" ```

```git config --global user.email bob@... ```

(don't forget to restart your command line to make sure the config is reloaded)

Thats it you should be good to clone and checkout.