On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 3:06 PM, James Evans <jre...@ea...> wrote: > Hello All, > > > > I am finally getting around to checking out a local copy of the git > repository following the directions here: > > http://matplotlib.github.com/devel/gitwash/set_up_fork.html > > > > and I keep getting the following error: > > > > ~/source % git clone gi...@gi...:jrevans/matplotlib.git matplotlib-git > > Cloning into matplotlib-git... > > Permission denied (publickey). > > fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly > > > > I also tried replacing ‘git@’ with my github username ‘jrevans@’ > > > > Is this a github permission error? This is my first time using git, so I am > still learning. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. You probably haven't registered your encryption key, which I think is needed for the git@ protocol. See http://help.github.com/troubleshooting-ssh/