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How to authenticate with GitHub using SSH
Check that there are no rsa files here before continuing, use:
ls -al ~/.ssh
If there is nothing to list (i.e. : No such file or directory) then use:
mkdir $HOME/.ssh
If there's nothing there then generate a new keygen with:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C your@email.com
Now using ls -al ~/.ssh will show our id_rsa.pub file.
Add the SSH key to the SSH agent:
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" # for mac and Linux from bash
eval `ssh-agent -s`
ssh-agent -s # for Windows
Add RSA key to SHH with:
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Copy your key to clipboard
clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub # Windows
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub # Linux
Go to your GitHub settings page and click the 'New SSH key' button paste in your generated key.
Then authenticate with:
ssh -T git@github.com