tushar2708/github_ssh_setup.md

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Github SSH setup

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# Generate SSH key
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"

# Store the above in a file "~/.ssh/id_github_ed25519"

# Start ssh agent in the background
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

# Add ssh key locally
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_github_ed25519

# Copy the public key's content
cat ~/.ssh/id_github_ed25519.pub

# Copy the content to github (https://github.com/settings/keys), by creating a new SSH key: