Re-authenticating access in git

Question

When I set up git, I used one username/email combination.

Then I changed my username and email combination on GitHub.

Now when I try to push to my repositories i get the following error message:

Permission denied (publickey)
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

I know the repository exists. So I have a feeling git is trying to communicate with gitHub using my old username and email, which obvi isn't recognized as me now.

How do I erase the stored github account info and re-authenticate in git?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:27:11Z

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The important part is the username: if you have change GitHub account, then you need to make sure your $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub (or %USERPROFILE%\.ssh\id_rsa.pub) is registered in that new account.

The email part is not important (except for the gravatar displayed with your old commits)

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RachelS Over a year ago

Sorry I didn't log back in for a while, but that was exactly what I did to fix it. Thank you!

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