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Create Public SSH Key

  1. Open Git Bash
  2. Paste the text below, replacing the email used in the example with your GitHub email address.
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"

If you are using a legacy system that doesn't support the Ed25519 algorithm, use:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

This creates a new SSH key, using the provided email as a label.

When you're prompted to "Enter a file in which to save the key", you can press Enter to accept the default file location. Please note that if you created SSH keys previously, ssh-keygen may ask you to rewrite another key, in which case we recommend creating a custom-named SSH key. To do so, type the default file location and replace id_ALGORITHM with your custom key name.

  1. At the prompt, type a secure passphrase.
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