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Setup github with SSH keys in Linux/FreeBSD

Create the keys I prefer ed25519

ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/id_ed22519_github -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"

Paste public ~/.ssh/id_ed22519_github.pub key string to github https://github.com/settings/keys

Test the connection you should see "Hi username! You've successfully authenticated"

ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed22519_github -T [email protected]

add the following to ~/.ssh/config

Host github
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile /home/user/.ssh/id_ed22519_github
    IdentitiesOnly yes

cd to project dir

git remote add github git@github:GithubUsername/projectName.git
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