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Quick guide for making ssh keys for GitHub

Generate an SSH key

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"

Follow the steps on the screen.

Add to ssh-agent

start the agent

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

add to the agent

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

Add SSH key to Github

copy over ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub and paste into field for SSH keys in SSH and GPG keys under user settings.