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Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com" eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Adding a new SSH key to your GitHub account

sudo apt-get install xclip xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Testing your SSH connection

ssh -T git@github.com

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