How do I connect IntelliJ to GitHub using SSH

Question

I have successfully configured my GitHub client to use SSH, and received the confirmatory email from GitHub that a new SSH key was added. I would like to setup IntelliJ to u

Answer 1

The answer above by kukido seems to now be out of date; the IntelliJ UI no longer provides the same level of access to the github URL. And, the default "built-in" (to IntelliJ) ssh executable seems to not respect the .ssh/config file settings. What I have found now works is to switch from using the built-in ssh executable to the "native" ssh executable. This is done by visiting Settings... | Version Control | Gitand then choosing Native in the SSH executable pulldown menu.

This applies to IntelliJ version 2016.2 and I'm pretty sure earlier versions such as 2016.1 and the 2015 series.