From bbd5513ed5e1a794add6cfc57776b346873803df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ror <47309835+rorcores@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 02:58:33 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Better explain in the README how to set up keys in
 repositories (#96)

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 README.md | 11 +++++++----
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@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@ GitHub Actions only have access to the repository they run for. So, in order to
 
 ## Usage
 
-1. Create an SSH key with sufficient access privileges. For security reasons, don't use your personal SSH key but set up a dedicated one for use in GitHub Actions. See below for a few hints if you are unsure about this step.
+1. Generate a new SSH key with sufficient access privileges. For security reasons, don't use your personal SSH key but set up a dedicated one for use in GitHub Actions. See below for a few hints if you are unsure about this step.
 2. Make sure you don't have a passphrase set on the private key.
-3. In your repository, go to the *Settings > Secrets* menu and create a new secret. In this example, we'll call it `SSH_PRIVATE_KEY`. Put the contents of the *private* SSH key file into the contents field. <br>
-  This key should start with `-----BEGIN ... PRIVATE KEY-----`, consist of many lines and ends with `-----END ... PRIVATE KEY-----`. 
-4. In your workflow definition file, add the following step. Preferably this would be rather on top, near the `actions/checkout@v2` line.
+3. Add the public SSH key to the private repository you are pulling from during the Github Action as a 'Deploy Key'.
+4. Add the private SSH key to the repository triggering the Github Action: 
+    * In your repository, go to the *Settings > Secrets* menu and create a new secret. In this example, we'll call it `SSH_PRIVATE_KEY`. 
+    * Put the contents of the *private* SSH key file into the contents field. <br>
+    * This key should start with `-----BEGIN ... PRIVATE KEY-----`, consist of many lines and ends with `-----END ... PRIVATE KEY-----`. 
+5. In your workflow definition file, add the following step. Preferably this would be rather on top, near the `actions/checkout@v2` line.
 
 ```yaml
 # .github/workflows/my-workflow.yml