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Generating an SSH key

Mike Kasprzak edited this page Nov 15, 2017 · 8 revisions

Instructions: help.github.com/.../generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/

Or put simply:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

NOTE: Be sure to edit the e-mail address

Then push enter after every prompt.

This creates ~/.ssh/id_rsa (private key) and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub (public key).

You want the .pub.

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Copy that to the clipboard. The next step is to install the key.

Instructions: help.github.com/.../adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account/

Or simply:

  1. Click your Avatar in the top-right corner of the website
  2. Click Settings
  3. In the sidebar click SSH and GPG Keys

And add it by giving it a name, and pasting the public key.

Now you'll be able to use the recommended installation procedure, and commit changes without a password.

cd www
git init
git remote add origin [email protected]:YOUR-USER-NAME-ON-GITHUB/ludumdare.git
git remote add upstream https://github.com/ludumdare/ludumdare.git
git fetch
git checkout -t origin/master

Be sure to change YOUR-USER-NAME-ON-GITHUB to your username on GitHub.

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