MacOS 12+ - Narrow Host definition in .ssh/config

[ChrisKeefe]

Code of Conduct

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What article on docs.github.com is affected?

Generating a new SSH Key...

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

Environment

Adding the recommended directive to ~/.ssh/config breaks other necessary SSH connections on my company-managed Macbook running MacOS 12 (Monterey)

BREAKING:

Host *
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  UseKeychain yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

OK:

Host github.com
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  UseKeychain yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

Restricting the recommended new behavior to Host github.com allows both connections to proceed as expected. As a general principle, recommending more tightly-scoped Host settings might be a safer bet.

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[cmwilson21]

@ChrisKeefe Thank you for opening an issue and linking it to your PR! ✨

[cmwilson21]

Closing this as I believe the merged PR fixes it 💖