[Slackbuilds-users] SBo-GitHub-Workflows.txt update suggestion

Duncan Roe duncan_roe at optusnet.com.au
Fri Jul 26 01:34:35 UTC 2024


Hi Tim,

On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 04:00:44PM +0100, SlackBuilds wrote:
> hi all, regarding https://slackbuilds.org/SBo-Github-Workflows.txt
> A suggestion/request to help the git neophytes.
>
> it would be nice to add a point between 2 and 3 explaining how to create a
> certificate and upload it to you git account, otherwise point 3 onwards will
> fail. something like....
>
> if you haven't created a key for secure access, run
> ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your at email.address"
> then
> cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
> copy the text of the catted file
> in web-browser on github, click your profile icon (top left), click
> settings, under access (on the left) click SSH and GPG keys
> click "New SSH key", add a title of your choice, and paste the copied key
> into the key text box, then click "Add SSH key"
>
> regards, Tim
>
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your at email.address" creates id_ed25519 and
id_ed25519.pub in ~/.ssh

I really think it is id_ed25519.pub that you want to share with others.

Cheers ... Duncan.


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