I followed the instructions for "Set up SSH for Git on Windows", but it's broken

Question

Set up SSH for Git on Windows: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/set-up-an-ssh-key-728138079.html

* generate the key from the instructions, changing nothing.
* from the prompt `notepad ~/.ssh/id_rsa`
* ctrl-a (select all) copy
* paste
* click "Add Key"
* "That SSH Key is invalid."
* Remove the `-----BEGIN` and `-----END` header and footer
* click "Add Key"
* "That SSH Key is invalid."

The end result is this screenshot

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This needs to be fixed if it's supposed to be official instruction.

Scott Kowalczyk · Answer

What is saved to a file from Putty is different than what is in the window and what Bitbucket needs. It should be of this format.

ssh-rsa
AAAA data removed T7oQ==

evancamilleri · Answer

I have the same problem, my public key is

---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
Comment: "rsa-key-20201126"
AAAA data removed T7oQ==
---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----

I get "That SSH key is invalid."

Mikael Sandberg · Answer

The ssh-keygen generates two files, id_rsa and id_rsa.pub. You want to copy the content in id_rsa.pub into your profile in Bitbucket. So in step 2 your command should look like this instead:

notepad ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub