Saving ssh key fails

Question

i just started a Git tutorial and I get to a deadend: I try to generate a rsa key part and it fails. I did this, in git bash:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C \"myemail@myem         


        

Answer 1

I struggled with the same problem for a while just now (using Mac). Here is what I did and it finally worked:
(1) Confirm the .ssh directory exists:

#show all files including hidden
ls -a 

(2) Accept all default values by just pressing enter at the prompt

Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa): 
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): 
Enter same passphrase again: 

You should get a message :

Your identification has been saved in /Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
BZA156:HVhsjsdhfdkjfdfhdX+BundfOytLezXvbx831/s youremail.@email.com
The key's randomart image is:XXXXX

PS If you are configuring git for rails, do the following (source):

git config --global color.ui true
git config --global user.name "yourusername"
git config --global user.email "youremail@email.com"
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "youremail@email.com" 

(then accept all defaults by pressing enter)