GitHub

• Code Highlights are done via Linguist: https://github.com/github/linguist/blob/master/lib/linguist/languages.yml

Link to GitHub Avatar #

• Get image URL from GitHub profile
• Example: https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1474361?v=3&s=460

Generate New GitHub SSH Key #

• Generate SSH key (substitute email with GitHub email): ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"
• Accept Default Location (Press Enter)
• Enter Passphrase (and write down somewhere safe!)
• Add new SSH key to ssh-agent: ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa
• Enter Passphrase
• Copy SSH key to clipboard: pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub (Just copy EXACT file contents if this command fails)
• Add SSH key to GitHub account: On GitHub website Account Settings > SSH keys > New SSH key

Sources:

• Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent

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