The Git Bash shell comes with an SSH client. Do the following to verify your installation:

• Double-click the Git Bash icon to start a terminal session.
• Enter the following command to verify the SSH client is available:

  manthony@MANTHONY-PC ~
  $ ssh -v
  OpenSSH_4.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
  usage: ssh [-1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
  [-D [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
  [-i identity_file] [-L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
  [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]
  [-R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path]
  [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] [user@]hostname [command]
          
  

• If you have ssh installed, go to the next step.
  If you don't have ssh installed, install it now with your package manager.
• List the contents of your ~/.ssh directory.
  If you have not used SSH on Bash you might see something like this:

  manthony@MANTHONY-PC ~
  $ ls -a ~/.ssh
  ls: /c/Users/manthony/.ssh: No such file or directory
          
  

  If you have a default identity already, you'll see two id_* files:

  manthony@MANTHONY-PC ~
  $ ls -a ~/.ssh
  .    ..    id_rsa    id_rsa.pub  known_hosts
          
  

  In this case, the default identity used RSA encryption (id_rsa.pub). If you want to use an existing default identity for your Bitbucket account, skip the next section and go to create a config file.