I assume you have done the initial setup of your Git and GitHub. But you're facing an authentication issue while trying to push your project from your machine to GitHub as below. Git failed with a fatal error. incorrect_client_credentials: The client_id and/or client_secret passed are incorrect. [ ] https://docs.github.com/apps/managing-oauth-apps/troubleshooting-oauth-app-access-token-request-errors/#incorrect-client-credentials Check for existing SSH keys Before you proceed to create an SSH key, quickly check if you have generated any keys previously. Open your Git Bash and enter the following command: $ ls -al ~/.ssh If you get an output something like this, you've your keys generated already. Please proceed with . Adding your SSH key to ssh agent $ ls -al ~/.ssh
total 18
drwxr-xr-x 1 your.user.name 1049089    0 Sep  9 12:54 ./
drwxr-xr-x 1 your.user.name 1049089    0 Sep 10 22:49 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 your.user.name 1049089  411 Sep 12 21:37 id_ed25519
-rw-r--r-- 1 your.user.name 1049089  103 Sep 12 21:37 id_ed25519.pub
-rw-r--r-- 1 your.user.name 1049089 1185 Sep  9 14:41 known_hosts Generate a new SSH key After you've checked for existing SSH keys, and if you don't see any output, generate a new SSH key to use for authentication, then add it to the ssh-agent. Run the command below to generate a new set of keys,  by substituting with your GitHub email address.: your_email@example.com $ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@company.com" Note: If you are using a legacy system that doesn't support the Ed25519 algorithm, use: $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@company.com" When you're prompted to "Enter a file in which to save the key," press Enter. This accepts the default file location. Enter a file in which to save the key (/c/Users/your.user.name/.ssh/id_ed25519):[Press enter] At the prompt, type a secure passphrase or press Enter for no passphrase without writing anything. Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): [Type a passphrase]
Enter same passphrase again: [Type passphrase again] Add your SSH key to ssh agent Before adding a new SSH key to the ssh-agent you should ensure that ssh-agent is running. Enter the command below to confirm. $ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
> Agent pid 2030 Then add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent. $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 If you get an output as below, you've successfully added your ssh key to the ssh-agent. > Identity added: /c/Users/your.user.name/.ssh/id_ed25519 (your_email@company.com) Add your public SSH key to your GitHub account Copy the SSH public key from the set of SSH keys you just generated and added to your ssh-agent. This is the step where the commands for Windows and Linux users would differ. If you are a Windows user use the command below to copy the content of the public key file. The command copies the public key to your clipboard. You can verify by trying to paste it into a notepad. $ clip < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub If you are a Linux use the command below to display the content of the public key file. Then, select and copy the long string displayed in the terminal to your clipboard. $ cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
> ssh-ed25519 ZZZZC3QzaC1lZDI1NTE5BBBBICiv7GatnQaTdOe1YoucU40UeoMLQOCHZP6LEpHuLOWg your_email@company.com The next step is to log in to your GitHub account and go to the . In the user settings sidebar (on the left), click SSH and GPG keys Settings page Click on the New SSH key green button. In the "Title" field, add a descriptive label and paste your key into the "Key" field. Then, click on "Add SSH Key". If prompted, confirm your GitHub password. Now, verify the authentication with the below command. ssh -T git@github.com On successful authentication you will get the below output. > Hi your.user.name! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access. Push your project on your GitHub account If you have created an empty repository on your GitHub account, you must be displayed with the Quick setup guide. Follow the second part of the guide i.e. which shows the below command push an existing repository from the command line git remote add origin git@github.com:your_user_name/your_repo_name.git
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main If you want to deep dive into the details on authenticating with SSH please read the GitHub’s documentation . Thank you. Connecting to GitHub with SSH

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