github SSH keys

1. Checking for existing SSH keys

 ls -al ~/.ssh
# Lists the files in your .ssh directory, if they exist

If you don't have an existing public and private key pair, or don't wish to use any that are available to connect to GitHub, then generate a new SSH key.

2. Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

3. Adding a new SSH key to your GitHub account

$ sudo apt-get install xclip
# Downloads and installs xclip. If you don't have `apt-get`, you might need to use another installer (like `yum`)

$ xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
# Copies the contents of the id_rsa.pub file to your clipboard