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> If you clone with SSH, you must generate SSH keys on each computer you use to push or pull from GitHub. Or, of course, copy the keys.

• rovr138 5y ago
  Depends on the computer and their needs. There are definitely computers I wouldn’t put my key on and would prefer a new one and uploading that one.
  • hedora 5y ago
    ssh-agent works well for many of those use cases.
  • wnoise 5y ago
    Once done with whatever task requires it, do you then immediately revoke access by that key? Having two keys with the same access means you still have a key on that questionable system that can do the same things, and exactly the same security concerns.
    • rovr138 5y ago
      Usually, yes. It’s usually when I’m working on a computer I don’t control root on. No idea what’s running there. So just create a disposable key, add it, do whatever I need then I can just revoke access to whatever that key had access to.