How can I upload to GitHub through Putty?

Question

I'm very new to GitHub and I'm trying to figure out how I can upload to GitHub through Putty. I am using Windows 8 and am using a Linux environment through Putty. I was following this guide: https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys#platform-windows and it worked until (step 3) where it wanted me to copy the contents of the file to clipboard. I am assuming this is not possible because my Linux environment does not have clipboard.

The issue is mostly due to the fact that my code is on the linux envirnonment and I am not sure how I can upload it to GitHub. Does anyone have any advice as to how I can do this?

Answer 1

Cat the file out, and copy the contents from the putty session (just highlighting the text in putty will copy it to your clipboard):

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Make sure to remove any new lines inserted caused by putty wrapping the text.

Answer 2

You will have an easier time using MinGW on Windows, or even the Github for Windows client (the latter works "out of the box")

If using MinGW, I would recommend opening C:\Users\YourUserName\.ssh\id_rsa.pub in a text editor, such as sublime text, and copying the text, instead of using cat, because that will ensure that you do not get extra whitespace inserted by the shell (Windows command prompt is pretty bad with that sort of thing).

If using the Github for Windows client, you don't need to do any of this (it happens behind the scenes for you), and instead you simply need to login to your Github account in the client.