[Git] How to configure SSH profile for Github account

There are many benefits for using Git with SSH connection. Do not need to type the password every time when pushing the project. Able to configure multiple git accounts in the same machine without using password every time. For Golang projects that reference other Golang private repositories, SSH connection is must thing. This post will show you how to configure SSH profile for your GitHub account from scratch. I assume that you did not ever configure the Git on your host. To check it, you can run git config --global --list. The expected output should be empty. If it is not, don’t worry, leave it there for now. We can figure it out later. ...

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