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SSH Setup with GitHub

This page describes a simple way to setup SSH keys for GitHub.

It requires you to work from the command line.

Generate your key

Open a terminal and run the following command, providing a valid, personal email address.

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"

When prompted, do not enter a passphrase. Just hit return.

Upload your ssh public key to GitHub.

Run the following command to print your public key to the terminal.

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Copy the output to your clipboard.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you copy everything, including the ssh-ed25519 at the beginning and your email at the end.

ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIIB8Jetc.etc. your_email@example.com

Then follow steps 2 through 8 from these docs to add your key to GitHub