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Create SSH Key For Github

# Generating an ssh-keygen

# Change directory to the ssh directory
cd ~/.ssh

# Create SSH Key
ssh-keygen -o -t rsa -C "email@email.com"

# Add SSH Key (not the .pub file) to SSH Agent
eval `ssh-agent -s`
ssh-agent -s
ssh-add ~/.ssh/filename

# Create SSH Config file (~/.ssh/config)
"""
# Personal GitHub
Host github.com
    HostName github.com
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/personal_rsa
    
# Non-Personal GitHub
Host nonpersonal.github.com
    HostName github.com
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/nonpersonal_rsa
"""

# ssh-add
ssh-add -l

# test
ssh -T git@github.com
ssh -T git@nonpersonal.github.com

# Copy the contents of the ssh key public file (.pub file) to clipboard
# (WSL2 Specific)
cat filename.pub | clip.exe

# Go to "https://github.com/settings/keys"
# Click New SSH Key
# Paste the contents of the public file to Key
# Click Add SSH Key

# Go to the repository of the project you want to clone
# Select the SSH Link and copy it to the clipboard
# Then clone the repo
git clone git@github.com:SOME_ORGANIZATION/SOME_PROJECT.git
Source by docs.github.com #
 
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