This means, on your local machine, you haven't made any SSH keys. Not to worry. Here's how to fix:
- Open git bash (Use the Windows search. To find it, type "git bash") or the Mac Terminal. Pro Tip: You can use any
*nix
based command prompt (but not the default Windows Command Prompt!) - Type
cd ~/.ssh
. This will take you to the root directory for Git (LikelyC:\Users\[YOUR-USER-NAME]\.ssh\
on Windows) - Within the
.ssh
folder, there should be these two files:id_rsa
andid_rsa.pub
. These are the files that tell your computer how to communicate with GitHub, BitBucket, or any other Git based service. Typels
to see a directory listing. If those two files don't show up, proceed to the next step. NOTE: Your SSH keys must be namedid_rsa
andid_rsa.pub
in order for Git, GitHub, and BitBucket to recognize them by default. - To create the SSH keys, type
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@example.com"
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