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I'm totally new on GitHub, and don't know how to make good use of it. How do l make use of this link https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/testing-your-ssh-connection?platform=windows ??

My purpose is to try out my SSH key.

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[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm not a WSL user, but I presume it lets you run any shell that's installed and available to its $PATH.

So if you want to do the commands in bash, and you're not in (or not sure if you're in) bash, you can just type bash into the terminal prompt of whatever currently running shell, hit enter, then you're in bash. Or for fish, or whatever else.

(ps, my personal preference encouraged, yes, in general, use fish (where suitable [~ different usecase to wanting to specifically use "Git Bash", like in OP's link's first step, I presume]), fish's more human friendly in syntax and interactivity.) ;)