Directions for creating a new SSH key are inconsistent and fail if run as documented

[DavidAnson]

What article on docs.github.com is affected?

Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent
https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/authenticating-to-github/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

On Linux, the user is told:

> Enter a file in which to save the key (/home/you/.ssh/id_ed25519): [Press enter]

And:

$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

These are inconsistent - the file in the second case should be id_ed25519.

I'd have submitted a PR, but there's inconsistent use of {% data reusables.ssh.add-ssh-key-to-ssh-agent-commandline %} here and I don't know where that's defined.

Additional information

Results of the second command if run as documented:

pi@pi:~ $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
/home/pi/.ssh/id_rsa: No such file or directory

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[nschonni]

There are 2 pending PRs to fix it #1074 and #1063

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[shati-patel]

Thank you for reporting the bug and helping us improve our docs, @DavidAnson! 🎉

This has now been fixed.