Setting up repo on GitHub - Error on push -u origin master

Question

I\'m trying to set up my first Git Repository on GitHub. I\'ve been following the documentation on GitHub\'s website here. I get everything right up until the very last comm

Answer 1

The error message tells you that you cannot connect properly.

Try logging into GitHub with the following command:

$ ssh -T git@github.com

Maybe you have forgotten to make your SSH key known using ssh-add path/to/key?

To do so, use the following code (which avoids the "Could not open a connection to your authentication agent." problem):

$ exec ssh-agent bash
bash$ ssh-add /path/to/key

See the GitHub docs over at http://help.github.com/ssh-issues/ to resolve the SSH issues.

On Windows, use openssh as "GitHub only provides support for openssh.", it is available here: http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/