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Justin
Justin

Reputation: 45350

Git add remote, is the ssh:// prefix required

When adding a git repo as a remote is the ssh:// prefix required? I see it all the time simply as:

git remote add [email protected]/path/here

Is the ssh:// prefix implied?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1289

Answers (3)

Mauvis Ledford
Mauvis Ledford

Reputation: 42354

Good question. It's a shorthand way of doing ssh but it's syntax is different than using SSH url protocol. Using the common shorthand above, for example, there's no space to specify a port (22 is assumed and most common anyways).

See my blog post for more examples of the various ways you can specify including using .ssh/config file: http://readystate4.com/2011/03/30/working-with-git-repos-on-non-standard-ports/

Upvotes: 1

rik.vanmechelen
rik.vanmechelen

Reputation: 1914

Git assumes SSH if you aren’t explicit

my source: http://progit.org/book/ch4-1.html

Upvotes: 1

tpg2114
tpg2114

Reputation: 15100

Git defaults to ssh protocol in the event no other is specified.

See

http://book.git-scm.com/3_getting_a_git_repository.html

Upvotes: 2

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