How to use git with ssh on github https repository addresses?

Question

I want to clone some github repositories to computers that have only access to github via an SSH tunnel.

I can use the ssh addresses to clone simple repositories without problems.

When a repository contains submodules, the access method is controled by .gitsubmodules which often default to https addresses (since this is the recommended way by github).

Is there a way to tell git submodules that it should always use ssh access, even when the address of a submodule is an https address?

Having to clone a repo and modify its .gitsubmodules just to be able to clone it through an ssh tunnel seems retarded. Hardcoding the access method in a .gitsubmodules file instead of letting your users choose the appropiate method seems pretty retarded too. I guess there must be a better way but I cannot find it.

joran · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-09 15:47:34Z

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You may use git to rewrite the urls

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

You may include a hostname in the expression to restrict the rewrite to a specific host

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

If you do not whant the rewrite rules to be global then just add it to your local scope instead.

See more under section url.<base>.insteadOf at http://git-scm.com/docs/git-config

edited Sep 9, 2015 at 15:47

answered Sep 9, 2015 at 15:04

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osxi Over a year ago

I like this answer more but I don't know about setting it globally in the event that certain repos are only available via HTTPS (unless your specifically unable to as the OP is)

gnzlbg Over a year ago

maybe url."[email protected]:".insteadOf github.com will work for github, gonna try (UPDATE: It works, thanks!)

joran Over a year ago

@osxi, you may just add the rewrite rules to the local scope instead.

joran Over a year ago

@gnzlbg, thanx for the feedback, I clarified the the answer

osxi · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-09 15:12:37Z

Changing the values in .gitmodules is a common way to change the protocol for submodules followed by a git submodule sync to update the remote repository locations.

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