Which is the smarter git protocol, ssh or git(over ssh) or https protocol?

Question

Which is efficient? SSH:// or Git:// (File compression)

I understand in Git, git protocol is smart because there is a protocol agent on both ends of communication t

Answer 1

When you access git over ssh it just tunnels the git protocol over ssh, way easier to set up and way more secure, this the preferred way to access remote repositories.

This is actually "smarter" than the bare git protocol, because it can enforce user authentication via ssh mechanisms. git does all the compressing and what not on the client regardless of the transport layer, and it decompresses it on the server.

The "git" server doesn't do this, all this happens when using ssh as well. the git server should be avoided if you want to be able to write to the remote repository. if you want read only access git or HTTP transports are "OK", but if you have developers that need to write to the respository you should just use ssh. Setting up tunnels for the git server is just adding to complexity and configuration that will be brittle and gain you nothing.