Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:30:44 -0700 (MST) From: Dale Scott <dalescott@shaw.ca> To: 0x1eef <0x1eef@protonmail.com> Cc: Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: push to github repo hangs - why? (how to push to Github from FreeBSD) Message-ID: <1043094158.25106249.1674775844296.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <T1xRfn5TxS_UbnwrA9f2642kVtr8a1105gT9izLk40Y2mHIOlBO61tQiBCSihjA0VqY-ERxlw63H7bSZKBrufIRL-B931pkm8XvzCjbejb0=@protonmail.com> References: <2088347522.21487875.1674704156310.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <CAFYkXjkR9W85Wq8bwqc_m3C%2Brgx98njzBd9mVxS3pAnSwgc2Pg@mail.gmail.com> <1461614347.22885986.1674746677113.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <T1xRfn5TxS_UbnwrA9f2642kVtr8a1105gT9izLk40Y2mHIOlBO61tQiBCSihjA0VqY-ERxlw63H7bSZKBrufIRL-B931pkm8XvzCjbejb0=@protonmail.com>
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----- Original Message ----- > From: "0x1eef" <0x1eef@protonmail.com> > To: "Dale Scott (dalescott@shaw)" <dalescott@shaw.ca> > Cc: "Tomek CEDRO" <tomek@cedro.info>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2023 11:16:09 AM > Subject: Re: push to github repo hangs - why? (how to push to Github from FreeBSD) > > It is common to authenticate with GitHub for clone, pull, and > push operations using an SSH key. It is recommended (but not required) for the > key to be protected by a passphrase. > > I recommend GitHub's documentation to learn more: > > https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent > > After you have generated an SSH key, you should add the public > key to your GitHub account through their website. You might > also find the "ssh-keygen", "ssh-agent" and "ssh_config" man > pages helpful. Thanks for your suggestion. I was mistakedly thinking ssh wasn't available, but I was confusing using git over ssh with GitHub (which iiuc is no longer supported), with using ssh authentication for git over https. I will add my public ssh key to my github account and expect success this time (I'm already using my private key to ssh login to other servers, so I expect that part should already work).
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