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adding ssh key to github

SSH Setup:

on your machine, generate a new SSH key pair by running the following command in your terminal:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

once generated, add your new key to the ssh-agent:

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

copy your SSH public key:

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

add key to github

clone the repository with the command:

git clone git@github.com:YourUserName/YourRepoName.git

replace “YourUserName/YourRepoName.git” with your Github username and the repository name.