creating an ssh key

# Creates a new ssh key, using the provided email as a label ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com" #Enter a file in which to save the key (/Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa): #Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): [Type a passphrase] #Enter same passphrase again: [Type passphrase again] ssh-add ~/.ssh/my_private_key #(generally will be the default name id_rsa unless you have more than one)
source: https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/

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