<ol>
<li>Check for existing SSH keys. Run:</li>
</ol>
<pre><code class="language-bash"> ls -al ~/.ssh
</code></pre>
<ol start="2">
<li>Check the directory listing to see if you already have a public SSH key. By default, the filenames of supported public keys for GitHub are one of the following.</li>
</ol>
<pre><code>id_rsa.pub
id_ecdsa.pub
id_ed25519.pub
</code></pre>
<ol start="3">
<li>If you don’t have a SSH key, generate a new key. Run:</li>
</ol>
<pre><code class="language-bash">ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C &quot;your_email@example.com&quot;
</code></pre>
This creates a new SSH key, using the provided email as a label. Use enter for any question asked by the terminal.
<ol start="4">
<li>Start the ssh-agent in the background.</li>
</ol>
<pre><code class="language-bash">$ eval &quot;$(ssh-agent -s)&quot;
# Output: Agent pid 59566
</code></pre>
<ol start="5">
<li>Add your SSH private key to ssh-agent. (the one without .pub)</li>
</ol>
<pre><code class="language-bash"> ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
</code></pre>
<ol start="6">
<li>Now Find copy your public SSH key. Find by</li>
</ol>
<pre><code class="language-bash"> cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
</code></pre>
<ol start="7">
<li>Copy the text. Go to your github account settings &gt; SSH and GPG keys &gt; click new ssh key &gt; paste the copied text &gt; click the add button</li>
</ol>
Now, you can clone your repository using ssh. :)
<h3>References</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account?tool=cli" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account?tool=cli</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/checking-for-existing-ssh-keys" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/checking-for-existing-ssh-keys</a>
</li>
</ul>

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Steps to add a new SSH key to a GitHub account include checking for existing keys, generating a new key if needed, starting the ssh-agent, adding the SSH private key to the agent, copying the public key, and pasting it in GitHub's settings under SSH and GPG keys.

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