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Posted by Lucas Ackerknecht
Lucas Ackerknecht
615 Points

Push to Github: Permission Denied (publickey)

Error: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly My-MacBook-Pro:treebook lma58$ git push -u origin master

This happened when I tried to give Jason access to the github file in a later video. How can I make it stop?

Best, Luke

2 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

The easy way to clone treebook is to use:

git clone https://github.com/jasonseifer/treebook.git
Lucas Ackerknecht
Lucas Ackerknecht
615 Points

Thanks, that worked for jason's.

However, under the Push to GitHub video, when I try to push my treebook files for the first time, I still get this. I think my GitHub treebook repository remains blank.

Lukes-MacBook-Pro:treebook lma58$ git push -u origin master Permission denied (publickey). fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly Lukes-MacBook-Pro:treebook lma58$

Lucas Ackerknecht
Lucas Ackerknecht
615 Points
Lucas Ackerknecht
Lucas Ackerknecht
615 Points

More specifically, at min 3:47 I got the below error. But, according to the video, I needed to input my pw.

Lukes-MacBook-Pro:treebook lma58$ git remote add origin git@github.com:username/treebook.git
Lukes-MacBook-Pro:treebook lma58$ git push -u origin master
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Lukes-MacBook-Pro:treebook lma58$
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Try this git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repo.git

You now need to know your github username &the name of the repository you created.

I highly recommend you check out github help pages, here's one on how to fork a repo.

Might also want to check out the try.github.com course.