Getting Past SSH Errors in OSX Sierra

If you are having problems with OSX Sierra and authenticating with github, the issue is that OSX Sierra doesn’t automatically add ssh keys by default.

References:

• Reddit
• SSH Keys in MacOS Sierra
• Adding SSH Identities via Terminal
• Github SSH Add

One solution is to add the below lines to your .ssh/config file:

Host *
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  AddKeysToAgent yes