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  1. run ssh-keygen and press enter repeatedly until done. This creates a public/private key pair in ~/.ssh/
  2. run cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to print out the public key
  3. copy the key to your clipboard
  4. visit https://github.com/settings/keys and click [New SSH key] and paste your key when prompted
  5. You're done!

Now you can git clone via ssh (make sure to copy the repository url for cloning using SSH instead of HTTPS). The repository url should look like: git@github.com:user/repo.git

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