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Git specify ssh key

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In ~/.ssh/config, add:

host github.com
 HostName github.com
 IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_github
 User git

Verify that the permissions on IdentityFile are 400.SSH will reject, in a not clearly explicit manner, SSH keys that are too readable. It will just look like a credential rejection. The solution, in this case, is:

chmod 400 ~/.ssh/id_rsa_github

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