Unsupported key format about swiff HOT 4 CLOSED

Hey Sam, thanks for posting this error.

The dependency that Swiff uses for connecting via SSH requires a PEM format key (it'll read BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY in the file). MacOS now generates keys by default in OPENSSH format (BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY).

Here's how to generate a new key in the right format and use it to connect with Swiff:

1. Generate a PEM key (4096 bits) with this command:
   ssh-keygen -m PEM -b 4096 -f [key-filename] -C "[youremail]"
-C "[youremail]" is optional but remember to choose an empty passphrase when generating the key

2. Specify the path to the file in your project .env file like this:
   SWIFF_CUSTOM_KEY="/Users/[your-user]/.ssh/[key-filename]"

3. Run swiff in your project, choose a task and you'll see a ssh-copy-id command to run which will copy your key to the server

Let me know if you have any issues.

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I'll also add a more descriptive error for other users.

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Brilliant, works really well.

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Good to hear!

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