How to upload new repo to BitBucket using git with SSH on Linux command line only?

Question

Steps I've taken:

ssh-keygen my key

ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/<private_key_file> my key

Add the public key to my BitBucket Account settings

git config --add --global core.sshComand 'ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa' add my SSH key to git config

And still when I try to push my repo git is asking me for username/password. What did I do wrong? Or do I have to specify a git option to push using SSH key instead of basic auth?

git version is 2.37.1 OS version is Ubuntu LTS

Answer 1

SSH keys only work with SSH remotes – they cannot be used if the Git repository is configured to push to an "https://" URL (because that's not SSH).

Use git remote set-url to change it to the corresponding SSH address. For BitBucket, it's shown in the repository's "Clone" popup after you select 'SSH' in the corner menu. For example:

• Either:

  $ git remote set-url origin [email protected]:User/Project.git

• Or:

  $ git remote set-url origin ssh://[email protected]/User/Project.git