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## PermissionDeniedPublicKey.md

      
        
          
            
              
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              November 23, 2021 03:28
            
              
                [SOLVED] GitHub 'Permission Denied (publickey)' error when pushing local changes to a repository!
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    "GitHub 'Permission Denied (publickey)' error when I try to push!"

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 (Likely C:\Users\[YOUR-USER-NAME]\.ssh\ on Windows).
Within the .ssh folder, there should be these two files: id_rsa and id_rsa.pub. These are the files that authenticate your computer so it can communicate with GitHub, BitBucket, or any other Git based service. Type ls(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 named id_rsa and id_rsa.pub in order for Git, GitHub, and BitBucket to recognize them by default.
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