Creating test repo mkdir alanz-ssb-test cd alanz-ssb-test/ git init git ssb create ssb alanz-ssb-test This gave Created repo: ssb://%C6Wk/cVFG7B5TEd9EUsC2NFcixfb/5gZvDm4Nignb8k=.sha256 (alanz-ssb-test) Added remote: ssb