github and public key

If you haven't heard, everyone is moving to git. Not really sure why yet, I like svn, but felt like I should probably keep in touch. I have a need to create a Stage generator for Merb, so I thought this would be a good opportunity. Quick note: the Stage generator for Merb will be a refactor which I will port to Rails later.

The account setup at github was easy and I followed the directions for providing my public key. Checked and double checked.

I then added my repository and followed the following steps (also from github):

$ mkdir stage
$ cd stage
$ git init
$ touch README
$ git add README
$ git commit -m 'first commit'
$ git remote add origin git@github.com:stonean/stage.git
$ git push origin master

I get to the last step and try the push. Ooops:

$ git push origin master
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
error: failed to push to 'git@github.com:stonean/stage.git'

I knew it was a configuration issue, just wasn't sure if it was a git thing or not. After a minute or two of thinking it through, all I needed to do was:

$ cd ~/.ssh
$ ssh-add id_rsa

I then re-tried the push command, and it worked. Cool.