Git ssh with custom identity

Edwardon

Set up a custom ssh identity

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"

Add custom identity key to terminal to avoid Key not found error

## Error

> git clone ssh://[email protected]/cicd.git /Code/cicd --progress

[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

Solution

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_my_custom_id
Identity added: /Users/ed/.ssh/id_my_custom_id ([email protected])

References:

  1. https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent
  2. https://stackoverflow.com/a/35418263