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github-ssh-setup.md

Set up your github account to use ssh

Generate ssh key

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "Your_email_address"

This sets up your email address as the key's label for easy identification.

Register key with ssh-agent

$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Copy the public key

xclip -sel clip < ~./.ssh/id_rsa.pub
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