New to Git: git push origin master = “ssh_exchange_identifiction: Connection closed by remote host. Fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly”

Question

I\'m trying out git for the first time and am trying to follow instructions supplied by github. However, I seem to be failing on the last step. The following steps are provide

Answer 1

The SSH key on your machine doesn't match the one that you have on record with GitHub. Type

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy

which will copy your public key to the clibboard. Then go to GitHub account settings and add it as a new key.