// Decode the Public Key
  block, _ := pem.Decode([]byte(pubKey))
  if block == nil {
    fmt.Println("Error parsing PEM block with GitHub public key")
    os.Exit(5)
  }

  // Create our ECDSA Public Key
  key, err := x509.ParsePKIXPublicKey(block.Bytes)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error parsing DER encoded public key: %s\n", err)
    os.Exit(6)
  }

  // Because of documentation, we know it's a *ecdsa.PublicKey
  ecdsaKey, ok := key.(*ecdsa.PublicKey)
  if !ok {
    fmt.Println("GitHub key was not ECDSA, what are they doing?!")
    os.Exit(7)
  }