Microsoft are working on adding SSH to Visual Studio, and GitHub for Windows still doesn’t support SSH

1. Install git for Windows which includes ssh and a bash shell

https://git-scm.com/download/win

2. From the included bash shell at C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe) to the root level of where you want your git repository save and type

eval $(ssh-agent -s) && ssh-add "C:\Users\USERNAME\.ssh\github_rsa"

3.  add SSH link from the repository

git clone git@github.com:RepoName/Project.git

THE SSH PROTOCOL

„The SSH protocol uses encryption to secure the connection between a client and a server. All user authentication, commands, output, and file transfers are encrypted to protect against attacks in the network. „