ssh

Setup Authentication with Github using SSH, github username/password authentication is deprecated. Generate SSH Key 1 ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com" This should generate a public and private key pair in ~/.ssh/ directory. Should be something like id_rsa and id_rsa.pub. Github Setup Go to github > settings > SSH and GPG keys > New SSH key and paste the contents of id_rsa.pub file. Key type used is authentication key....