How do I get git to default to ssh and not https for new repositories

Question

These days when I create a new repository on GitHub on the setup page I get   git remote add origin https   github com nikhilbhardwaj abc git git push -u origin master   And whenever I have to push a commit I need to enter my GitHub username and password   I can manually change that to   git github com nikhilbhardwaj abc git   in the  git config  I find this quite irritating - is there some way I can configure git to use SSH by default

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You need to clone in ssh not in https   For that you need to set your ssh keys  I have prepared this little script that automates this      usr bin env bash email   1  hostname   2  hostalias   hostname  keypath   HOME  ssh   hostname  rsa  ssh-keygen -t rsa -C  email -f  keypath if      -eq 0    then cat  gt  gt     ssh config  lt  lt EOF Host  hostalias         Hostname  hostname    hostname         User git     IdentitiesOnly yes         IdentityFile  keypath EOF fi   and run it like  bash script sh myemail example com github com   Change your remote url  git remote set-url origin git github com user foo git   Add content of    ssh github com rsa pub to your ssh keys on github com  Check connection  ssh -T git github com

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SSH File     ssh config file Host       StrictHostKeyChecking no     UserKnownHostsFile  dev null     LogLevel QUIET     ConnectTimeout 10 Host github com         User git         AddKeystoAgent yes         UseKeychain yes         Identityfile   github rsa   Edit reponame  git config   remote  origin           url   git github com username repo git

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You may have accidentally cloned the repository in https instead of ssh  I ve made this mistake numerous times on github  Make sure that you copy the ssh link in the first place when cloning  instead of the https link

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The response provided by Trevor is correct   But here is what you can directly add in your  gitconfig     Enforce SSH  url  ssh   git github com      insteadOf   https   github com   url  ssh   git gitlab com      insteadOf   https   gitlab com   url  ssh   git bitbucket org      insteadOf   https   bitbucket org

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GitHub      git config --global url ssh   git github com  insteadOf https   github com   BitBucket  git config --global url ssh   git bitbucket org  insteadOf https   bitbucket org     That tells git to always use SSH instead of HTTPS when connecting to GitHub BitBucket  so you ll authenticate by certificate by default  instead of being prompted for a password

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Set up a repository s origin branch to be SSH  The GitHub repository setup page is just a suggested list of commands  and GitHub now suggests using the HTTPS protocol   Unless you have administrative access to GitHub s site  I don t know of any way to change their suggested commands   If you d rather use the SSH protocol  simply add a remote branch like so  i e  use this command in place of GitHub s suggested command   To modify an existing branch  see the next section     git remote add origin git github com nikhilbhardwaj abc git     Modify a pre-existing repository  As you already know   to switch a pre-existing repository to use SSH instead of HTTPS  you can change the remote url within your  git config file    remote  origin       fetch    refs heads   refs remotes origin       -url   https   github com nikhilbhardwaj abc git      url   git github com nikhilbhardwaj abc git   A shortcut is to use the set-url command     git remote set-url origin git github com nikhilbhardwaj abc git     More information about the SSH-HTTPS switch    Why is Git always asking for my password   - GitHub help page  GitHub s switch to Smart HTTP - relevant StackOverflow question Credential Caching for Wrist-Friendly Git Usage - GitHub blog post about HTTPS  and how to avoid re-entering your password

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