GitHub: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Question

I have followed these instructions below to upload a project.

Global setup:

 Download and install Git
  git config --global user.name \"Your Name\"
         


        

Answer 1

Adding public key is the solution.For generating ssh keys: https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys has step by step instructions.

However, the problem can persist if key is not generated in the correct way. I found this to be a useful link too: https://help.github.com/articles/error-permission-denied-publickey

In my case the problem was that I was generating the ssh-key without using sudo but when using git commands I needed to use sudo. This comment in the above link "If you generate SSH keys without sudo, then when you try to use a command like sudo git push, you won't be using the SSH key you generated." helped me.

So, the solution was that I had to use sudo with both key generating commands and git commands. Or for others, when they don't need sudo anywhere, do not use it in any of the two steps. (key generating and git commands).