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SSH authentication in github
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github_ssh_config.md

Create a repo and make some file

Generate ssh key:

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

Copy the contents of the file ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to your SSH keys in your GitHub account settings. Test SSH key:

ssh -T [email protected]
clone the repo:
git clone git://github.com/username/your-repository

Now cd to your git clone folder and do:

git remote set-url origin [email protected]:username/your-repository.git

If you give a different name of the ssh id file then it is better to set an entry in .ssh/config file as follows -

Host <hostname>
  HostName github.com
  User <username>
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/<identityfile>

In this case on you git folder do the following -

git remote set-url origin git@<hostname>:username/your-repository.git

Now try editing a file and then do:

git add -A
git commit -am "update message"
git push

Please be careful about your RSA ids.

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