SSH option in gitconfig

[cgimenes]

Github recommends to use SSH over HTTPS, and some people like me uses only SSH to clone repos.
So, it would be good to have a setting in the .gitconfig to avoid adding -p on all clone commands.

[DrumRobot]

By setting the pushInsteadOf option in git config, you can automatically redirect git push commands that target a specific URL to an alternative URL. This option is particularly useful when you want to convert HTTPS URLs to SSH URLs, allowing you to push through SSH instead of HTTPS.

For example, with the following configuration:

[url "ssh://git@github.com/"]
    pushInsteadOf = https://github.com/

Git will attempt to push to ssh://git@github.com/ whenever you push to a URL starting with https://github.com/. This means:

• Even if you clone the repository using HTTPS, Git will push using SSH.
• You can thus use SSH authentication for git push without manually adjusting the URL.

With this setup, you no longer need to use commands like ghq -p. The ghq -p option normally forces ghq to clone a repository with an ssh URL instead of https, but by configuring pushInsteadOf, you can clone with HTTPS and still push with SSH automatically.

[cgimenes]

By setting the pushInsteadOf option in git config, you can automatically redirect git push commands that target a specific URL to an alternative URL. This option is particularly useful when you want to convert HTTPS URLs to SSH URLs, allowing you to push through SSH instead of HTTPS.

For example, with the following configuration:

[url "ssh://git@github.com/"]
    pushInsteadOf = https://github.com/

Git will attempt to push to ssh://git@github.com/ whenever you push to a URL starting with https://github.com/. This means:

• Even if you clone the repository using HTTPS, Git will push using SSH.
• You can thus use SSH authentication for git push without manually adjusting the URL.

With this setup, you no longer need to use commands like ghq -p. The ghq -p option normally forces ghq to clone a repository with an ssh URL instead of https, but by configuring pushInsteadOf, you can clone with HTTPS and still push with SSH automatically.

Thanks, but my main point is cloning through SSH; I don't want to authenticate using HTTPS. And, using your solution I would have to authenticate through both protocols while working on private repos.