This means, on your local machine, you haven't made any SSH keys. Not to worry. Here's how to fix:
- Open git bash or your choice of CLI (e.g. windows command prompt (CMD), powershell or the Mac Terminal).
- Type
cd ~/.ssh
(cd %USERPROFILE%/.ssh
in command prompt). This will take you to the root directory for your SSH keys (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 authenticate your computer so it can communicate with GitHub, BitBucket, or any other Git based service. Typels
(dir
in command prompt) 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 cre