ssh key and ssh-agent

ssh.js

//

// 1. Check if SSH already exists
type %userprofile%\.ssh\id_rsa.pub // Windows command line
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub // GNU/Linux/Mac/PowerShell:

// 2. Generating new ssh key
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com" // or
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "gaboratorium@gmail.com"

// 3. Turn on SSH agent
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

// 4. Add ssh key to ssh agent
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

// 5. Add your ssh key to your git repo provider (GitHub, GitLab...)

// X. If you want to change the password of your key later, you can use the following command: 
ssh-keygen -p <keyname>