Reference

https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/using-ssh-agent-forwarding

Cloning without a root folder

git clone "repository" ./

Generating a new SSH key

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

Adding your SSH key to the ssh-agent

Start the ssh-agent in the background.

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

Agent pid 59566

Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent.

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Adding a new SSH key to your GitHub account.

Copy the SSH public key to your clipboard.

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Paste your key into the "Key" field in New SSH key of Github

You can test that your local key works by entering ssh -T [email protected] in the terminal: