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 orig         


        

Answer 1

• 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.