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Drill 17: Explain each line — SSH and authentication

Explain what each line of the example does.

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  • Explain what each line of the example does.

Practice task

Explain what each line of the example does.

ssh setupTerminal
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "ada@example.com"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
ssh -T git@github.com
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:ada/my-project.git
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