Why am I getting an SSH error when trying to clone a Github Repository?

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When I am trying to clone a Github Repo to my desktop using SSH, I am getting the following error

Cloning into 'prework-about-me'...
/Users/eugeneho/.ssh/config line 4: garbage at end of line; ".ssh/id_rsa".
/Users/eugeneho/.ssh/config: terminating, 1 bad configuration options
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

Here is what my config file looks like

eugeneho@Eugenes-MacBook-Pro .ssh % cat config
Host *
 AddKeysToAgent yes
 UseKeychain yes
 IdentityFile ~/ .ssh/id_rsa

This is what my id_rsa file looks like

-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
(my key is here)
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

This is my file structure

mashuptwice · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-10 05:37:55Z

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It seems like there is an unnecessary space in your ~/.ssh/config file:

IdentityFile ~/ .ssh/id_rsa
               ^

answered Mar 10, 2022 at 5:37

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Sebastian ten Berge Over a year ago

How do you remove the unnecessary space in the ~/.ssh/config file? I didn't manage to google my way to the answer.

mashuptwice Over a year ago

@SebastiantenBerge The same you remove any symbol in a text file; with a text editor and your computers backspace or del key. Are you sure you have the exact same error message?

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