Creating SSH Keys for Git on Windows

win_ssh.md

Create SSH keys

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "<github/gitlab email address>"

Copy the content of the public key and add to the git repo

Found usually under the following link:

• For github: https://github.com/settings/ssh/new

Create your ssh config

notepad C:\Users\<username>\.ssh\config

Edit and add the following lines to the config

## Gitlab RWTH
Host <hostname>
  PreferredAuthentications publickey
  IdentityFile C:\Users\<username>\.ssh/id_ed25519

Add your ssh key identity

ssh-add C:\Users\<username>\.ssh/id_ed25519