Snippets

Appearance

Git SSH Config ​

When using SSH to connect to a remote repository, you can configure your SSH client to use a specific key for a specific host. This is useful when you have multiple keys and want to use a specific key for a specific host.

Sample configuration is below

bash
# ~/.ssh/config
Host github.com
  HostName github.com
  User git
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/my-github-key
  PreferredAuthentications publickey

Generate SSH Key ​

Use the following to generate a new SSH key:

bash
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "<email>"

Configure Git User ​

You can configure your Git user name and email using the following commands:

bash
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "<email>"