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Add SSH key to Github from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

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Generate SSH key with passphrase and the filename:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"

Go to the Settings > SSH and GPG keys page of Github
Click New SSH key
Copy the SSH key file to your clipboard, here the public key file is in ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub:

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Paste the SSH key in Github form.

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dempseyucla commented Dec 19, 2023

What is a Github form? This documentation doesn't help me. The link Adding a new SSH key is for Windows and I'm using Ubuntu 22.04. This page was the top link for Ubuntu 22.04.