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To use key-based authentication, you have to upload your public key to your ac-
count. Copy the contents of your public key stored in /.ssh/id_rsa.pub onto
the clipboard. If you work on Windows you can use the following command:
$ clip < /.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Readers working on other systems can open the file with their favorite text editor
and use the edit/copy commands.
Go to your Github account settings, open the SSH Keys menu option, and then press
the Add SSH key button. When you see a form titled Add an SSH Key , paste the con-
tents of your clipboard into the form. Then press the Add key button. The process of
adding an SSH key is illustrated in Figure 12-1 . Follow the arrows labeled A, B, C, D,
and E. When you have finished, the uploaded key will be listed under SSH Keys, as
shown in Figure 12-2 .
Figure 12-1 . Adding a new SSH key on Github account
 
 
 
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