GIT permission denied (publickey) - Fatal could not read from remote repository

Question

I have ssh -T [email protected] command returning successfully authenticated.
I also have ssh-add -l -E sha256 returning output.

But git push -u origin main returns

***@github.com: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Can anyone help me?

@ewong it is a private repository git remote add origin github.com/saumyaphilip/mgc_web.git — jeff
– jeff, Commented Sep 1, 2022 at 5:22
Either you used the wrong pubkey or there is something wrong with your repo (permission wise) — ewokx
– ewokx, Commented Sep 1, 2022 at 5:25
Why did you obscure the part before @github.com: Permission denied (publickey).? That is, why the three stars there? You're required to use git here, so it has to read [email protected] to work, so there's no point in hiding the git part. — torek
– torek, Commented Sep 1, 2022 at 8:11

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-01 09:56:05Z

That means your SSH key is not used at all.

Try at least to switch to SSH:

cd /path/to/repository git remote set-url origin [email protected]:saumyaphilip/mgc_web.git ^^^

As noted, the SSH remote user is always git.

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