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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ This means, on your local machine, you haven't made any SSH keys. Not to worry. 3. Within the `.ssh` folder, there should be these two files: `id_rsa` and `id_rsa.pub`. These are the files that tell your computer how to communicate with GitHub, BitBucket, or any other Git based service. Type `ls` to see a directory listing. If those two files don't show up, proceed to the next step. __NOTE:__ Your SSH keys must be named `id_rsa` and `id_rsa.pub` in order for Git, GitHub, and BitBucket to recognize them by default. 4. To create the SSH keys, type `ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"`. This will create both `id_rsa` and `id_rsa.pub` files. 5. Now, go and open `id_rsa.pub` in your favorite text editor (you can do this via Windows Explorer or the OSX Finder if you like, tpying `open .` will open the folder). 6. Copy the contents--exactly as it appears, with no extra spaces or lines--of `id_rsa.pub` and paste it into GitHub, BitBucket or gitlab under the Account Settings > SSH Keys. __NOTE:__ I like to give the SSH key a descriptive name, usually with the name of the workstation I'm on along with the date. 7. Now that you've added your public key to Github, BitBucket or gitlab. try `ssh -T [email protected]` for example to see if it is working. Now you can try to `git push` again. It should! More help available from [GitHub on creating SSH Keys](https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys) and [BitBucket Help](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Troubleshooting+SSH+Issues). -
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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ ### "Help, I keep getting a 'Permission Denied (publickey)' error when I push!" This means, on your local machine, you haven't made any SSH keys. Not to worry. Here's how to fix: 1. Open git bash (Use the Windows search. To find it, type "git bash") or the Mac Terminal. __Pro Tip:__ You can use any `*nix` based command prompt (but *not* the default Windows Command Prompt!) 2. Type `cd ~/.ssh`. This will take you to the root directory for Git (Likely `C:\Users\[YOUR-USER-NAME]\.ssh\` on Windows) 3. Within the `.ssh` folder, there should be these two files: `id_rsa` and `id_rsa.pub`. These are the files that tell your computer how to communicate with GitHub, BitBucket, or any other Git based service. Type `ls` to see a directory listing. If those two files don't show up, proceed to the next step. __NOTE:__ Your SSH keys must be named `id_rsa` and `id_rsa.pub` in order for Git, GitHub, and BitBucket to recognize them by default. 4. To create the SSH keys, type `ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"`. This will create both `id_rsa` and `id_rsa.pub` files. 5. Now, go and open `id_rsa.pub` in your favorite text editor (you can do this via Windows Explorer or the OSX Finder if you like, tpying `open .` will open the folder). 6. Copy the contents--exactly as it appears, with no extra spaces or lines--of `id_rsa.pub` and paste it into GitHub and/or BitBucket under the Account Settings > SSH Keys. __NOTE:__ I like to give the SSH key a descriptive name, usually with the name of the workstation I'm on along with the date. 7. Now that you've added your public key to Github and/or BitBucket, try to `git push` again and see if it works. It should! More help available from [GitHub on creating SSH Keys](https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys) and [BitBucket Help](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Troubleshooting+SSH+Issues). -
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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ ### "Help, I keep getting a 'Permission Denied (publickey)' error when I push!" This means, on your local machine, you haven't made any SSH keys. Not to worry. Here's how to fix: 1. Open git bash (Use the Windows search. To find it, type "git bash"). __Pro Tip:__ You can use any `*nix` based command prompt (but *not* the Windows Command Prompt!) 2. Type `cd ~/.ssh`. This will take you to the root directory for Git (Likely `C:\Users\[YOUR-USER-NAME]\.ssh\` on Windows) 3. Within the `.ssh` folder, there should be these two files: `id_rsa` and `id_rsa.pub`. These are the files that tell your computer how to communicate with GitHub, BitBucket, or any other Git based service. Type `ls` to see a directory listing. If those two files don't show up, proceed to the next step. __NOTE:__ Your SSH keys must be named `id_rsa` and `id_rsa.pub` in order for Git, GitHub, and BitBucket to recognize them by default. 4. To create the SSH keys, type `ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"`. This will create both `id_rsa` and `id_rsa.pub` files. 5. Now, go and open `id_rsa.pub` in your favorite text editor (you can do this via Windows Explorer or the OSX Finder if you like). 6. Copy the contents--exactly as it appears, with no extra spaces or lines--of `id_rsa.pub` and paste it into GitHub and/or BitBucket under the Account Settings > SSH Keys. __NOTE:__ I like to give the SSH key a descriptive name, usually with the name of the workstation I'm on along with the date. 7. Now that you've added your public key to Github and/or BitBucket, try to `git push` again and see if it works. It should! More help available from [GitHub on creating SSH Keys](https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys) and [BitBucket Help](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Troubleshooting+SSH+Issues).