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Part 1: Configuring your GitHub account. The first steps in starting with GitHub are to create an account, choose a product that fits your needs best, verify your email, set up two-factor authentication, and view your profile. There are several types of accounts on GitHub.
GitHub is where over 100 million developers shape the future of software, together. Contribute to the open source community, manage your Git repositories, review code like a pro, track bugs and features, power your CI/CD and DevOps workflows, and secure code before you commit it.
If GitHub CLI does not find a SSH public key for upload, it can generate a new SSH public/private keypair and upload the public key to your account on GitHub.com. Then, you can either authenticate with a personal access token or via the web browser.
If you lose access to your two-factor authentication credentials, you can use your recovery codes, or another recovery option, to regain access to your account. Using a two-factor authentication recovery code. Authenticating with a passkey. Authenticating with a security key.
