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Sagar Roy
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Github SSH KEY Setup (Easy)

In this article I will Show You How to Setup SSH key in GitHub For Lifetime

  1. First you have to go on this path of your PC Local Disk / Users / Your PC Name Then if you find .ssh folder then you have to delete it. if you haven't find then continue. 👇

  2. Go to your terminal & run Command ssh-keygen
    then automatically show it 👇

    Enter file in which to save the key (path): Press Enter
    Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Press Enter
    Enter same passphrase again: Press Enter

You will see 👇
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  1. Run Command eval $(ssh-agent -s)

  2. Run Command ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

  3. Go to your Local Disk / Users / Your PC name or anonymous then you should see this file id_rsa.pub then open it with with Notepad. then Copy all text

  4. Go to your github profile settings and click SSH and GPG Keys then paste it. like this 👇
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    Then click Add SSH key button

  5. Again Run Comman ssh -T git@github.com
    then it will show like this 👇

    Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])?

write yes and hit Enter that's it.
Now you can access your github profile for git push, git pull everthing that you need.

Happy Hacking!

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