How to clone private Repo

Background

I was granted as a manager on a private github repo, the first task is how to clone the repo.

Solution

Using ssh to clone the repo.

Step 1: Generate SSH Key

Run the following command to generate ssh
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@domain.com"
The ssh key will be saved to ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 as default setting, please remember your passphrase.

Step 2: Setup the SSK Key in Github

Settings -> SSH and CPG keys -> New SSH Key

Copy the content in ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub to Key.

Step 3: Clone repo

Copy the ssh repo address from the web portal. and then run the command below
git clone git@github.com:user_name/repo_name.git
Enter your passphase, finally you will get the repo.