[git] Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address

When I do pull from Github, I am getting this warning message.

    MYPC:/Rails$ git pull origin master
    Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address '#{Some IP address}' to the list of known hosts.
    From github.com:Example/Demo
     * branch            master     -> FETCH_HEAD
    Already up-to-date.

I just want to know which IP address it is adding to the known hosts.

From: https://github.blog/changelog/2019-04-09-webhooks-ip-changes/

April 9, 2019

Webhooks IP changes

The IP addresses we use to send webhooks from are broadening to encompass a larger range.

We are adding IP’s within 140.82.112.0/20 to the current pool from 192.30.252.0/22.

Learn more about GitHub’s IP addresses

E.g. ip 192.30.253.112 in warning:

$ git clone [email protected]:EXAMPLE.git
Cloning into 'EXAMPLE'...
Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address '192.30.253.112' to the list of known hosts.
remote: Enumerating objects: 135, done.
remote: Total 135 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 135
Receiving objects: 100% (135/135), 9.49 MiB | 2.46 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (40/40), done.

It's the ip if you nslookup github url:

$ nslookup github.com
Server:         127.0.0.53
Address:        127.0.0.53#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   github.com
Address: 192.30.253.112
Name:   github.com
Address: 192.30.253.113

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I had similar problem. In git site after user clicking on clone or download button, while copying the cloned url there are 2 options to select ssh and https. I selected https url to clone and it worked.

While cloning you might be using SSH in the dropdown list. Change it to Https and then clone.

I solved it by using git push -u origin master

Here are the steps that i took to solve the issue and you can try also

1. Open git bash terminal
2. type ssh-keygen and hit enter
3. then terminal will ask to enter the file name to save the rsa key.you can hit enter not
   -typing anything
4. After that terminal will ask for other information too. without typing anything just hit enter By completing every steps a rsa key will be generate in the mentioned file.
5. Go to C:\Users\<username>\.ssh and open a file named id_rsa.pub in notepad and copy the key
6. then go to your github account Settings and select the option SSH and GPS keys .
7. Create a new ssh key with a title and the key you just copied (you just generated) hit save now if you try to push by git push origin master I hope you wont get any error

The IP addresses have changed again.

github publishes the list of used IP addresses here so you can check the IP address in your message against github's list:

https://help.github.com/articles/about-github-s-ip-addresses/

Or more precisely:

https://api.github.com/meta

It looks like this (as I write this answer!):

verifiable_password_authentication  true
github_services_sha "4159703d573ee6f602e304ed25b5862463a2c73d"
hooks   
0   "192.30.252.0/22"
1   "185.199.108.0/22"
git 
0   "192.30.252.0/22"
1   "185.199.108.0/22"
2   "18.195.85.27/32"
3   "18.194.104.89/32"
4   "35.159.8.160/32"
pages   
0   "192.30.252.153/32"
1   "192.30.252.154/32"
importer    
0   "54.87.5.173"
1   "54.166.52.62"
2   "23.20.92.3"

If you are unsure whether your IP address is contained in the above list use an CIDR calculator like http://www.subnet-calculator.com/cidr.php to show the valid IP range.

E. g. for 140.82.112.0/20 the IP range is 140.82.112.0 - 140.82.127.255