Here's a very quick example of how to setup GitHub SSH keys and use them to perform Git clone, push and pull commands over a securely configured SSH connection.

How do you connect a local Git repo to a remote repository your team has set up in GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket? There are two ways to push a local project to a remote Git repo: the recommended way, ...

So in 2007, GitHub came along, and set up an easy-to-use website where coders could host and even manage their software projects using Git.