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Created December 24, 2019 05:22
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Instructions to add SSH key to repository
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ssh_add_instructions.txt
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email_id"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
copy content in .ssh/id_rsa.pub and paste in "Add SSH Key" option in your profile.
cd to your git repository.
git remote -v
git remote set-url origin <git_ssh_clone_url>
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sanjaykrishnan commented Dec 24, 2020 •
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chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa

this command should be used if error like this occurs

@         WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!          @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Permissions 0664 for '/home/sanjay/.ssh/id_rsa' are too open.
It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others.
This private key will be ignored.```

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