swapping from ssh to https (and back) in git

According to Claude:

Yes, you can change Git's protocol from SSH to HTTPS (or vice versa). Here are the main ways to do it:

For a specific repository:

If you have a repository cloned with SSH and want to switch to HTTPS, you can change the remote URL:

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/username/repo.git

To verify the change worked:

git remote -v

For all repositories globally:

You can configure Git to automatically use HTTPS for all GitHub (or other Git hosting) URLs:

git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf git://github.com/

This tells Git to replace git:// protocol with HTTPS.

If you're switching from SSH to HTTPS:

git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf ssh://git@github.com/

To check your current configuration:

git config --list

This will show all your Git settings, including any URL rewrites.

Note: When using HTTPS, you may be prompted for credentials (username/password or a personal access token). If you want to avoid entering credentials repeatedly, you can: - Use a personal access token instead of a password - Configure Git credential caching with git config --global credential.helper cache - Or on macOS, use osxkeychain as the credential helper

Is there a specific Git hosting service you're working with, or are you trying to solve a particular issue with your current setup?

And switching back

To switch back from HTTPS to SSH:

For a specific repository:

git remote set-url origin git@github.com:username/repo.git

Verify the change:

git remote -v

For all repositories globally (undo the config):

If you set a global URL rewrite to use HTTPS, you can remove it:

git config --global --unset url."https://github.com/".insteadOf

Or if you had configured it the other way:

git config --global --unset url."https://github.com/".insteadOf ssh://git@github.com/

To view and manually edit all global configs:

git config --global --list

This shows all your global settings, so you can identify any URL rewrites you've set up.

Note: When using SSH, make sure you have your SSH keys set up properly and added to your SSH agent:

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

You can test your SSH connection with:

ssh -T git@github.com