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  • The post you originally replied to was misunderstanding how the username is located when authenticating with a server.

    Original post:

    The public key contains a user name/email address string, I’m aware, is the same information also encoded into the private key as well?

    Your reply would be creating more confusion, because you implied that no username is required.

    Your reply:

    That means the corresponding public key that was uploaded to the git server is enough to authenticate and no username is required.

    I am just clarifying if the original poster read your comment and was led to believe they wouldn’t need a username. It is, in fact, required. As you expressed, it’s usually “git” when connecting to a a git server, but it doesn’t have to be.