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  1. Use git bash to generate ssh key ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@example.com"

You need to set a password to avoid issues. When you are setting your key password, nothing will show in the terminal when you enter your password, this is normal, don't panic!

  1. Print out the pub key cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
  2. Copy that key and add it to https://github.com/settings/keys (New SSH key)
  3. Test to make sure everything is peachy ssh -T git@github.com
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