SSH cannot authenticate to git@github.com

Question

Recently, I sign up for a free plan on Github.com. I follow their instructions to generate a ssh key to add to my account. However, when I try ssh -v git@github.com

Answer 1

If it doesn't already exist, you generate the ssh key first:

ssh-keygen -t rsa 

now copy this key, it'll be in this dir ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub, open with notepad, paste this key in the "add ssh key" section in your github account! That's it!