Posted by Call it personal preference but I prefer to connect to GitHub via SSH instead of HTTPS. If there are others out there that prefer this method I thought I would take the time to write a quick how to article on making an SSH connection from your local Git to your GitHub account.
Step by step process
$ ls -al ~/.ssh
Check to see if you already have an SSH key
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “Username that appears in green”
Generates SSH key
$eval $(ssh-agent -s)
Confirm SSH agent is running
$ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Add the ssh key to agent
Next we need to let github know about our key
Open id_rsa in notepad
Kee this handy
Go to github and go to your settings
New SSH keys
Finally we need to verify communication between local machine and github
$ ssh -T git@github.com
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
Allows you to connect via SSH
Summary:
As you can see it takes a little work flipping between Git and GitHub but the work pays off in the long run. As always, I hope y’all found this helpful.