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For people that have never setup SSH, HTTPS auth is very simple. The latest Git supports credential cachers so you don't have to type the password in each time. I also personally love that the same GitHub URL works in the browser and through the Git CLI.

If you click the "SSH" button on GitHub repositories, it'll remember your preference.

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It never remembers, for me.

And thanks, now I know why only some repos ask for username/password.

It remembers for me, but their pull request emails always send the https link, which is annoying as shit. I emailed them about it, and their response was that they are trying to get everyone to use https, so no, they won't switch it or make it smarter.

Argh. I like my SSH credentials, my GitHub password is not quite so secure.

I complained about this too, but for their new repo screen.

It's a fairly recent addition to git (January 2012). You need at least version 1.7.9 to use credential caching. [1]

[1]: http://git-blame.blogspot.com/2012/01/git-179.html

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