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damirarh commented 1 year ago

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damirarh commented 1 year ago

Imported comment written by Neutrino . on 2020-09-18T11:15:55

"Although Git can be used over HTTPS with username and password authentication, it's much more convenient to use over SSH"

Yeah, that's not remotely true is it. If I have a user name and password I can use that anywhere, no configuration required. Every Git client has some sort of password manager, after entering the credentials once it just works.

SSH on the other hand is an utter ballache. First I have to spend an hour or two reading articles to find out what the hell it is. Then I have to research how that is configured for each host system, e.g. GitHub config is completely different from Azure. THen I have to work out which command line tools I need to set it up, which again is completely different for Win10 than for Ubuntu.

Then even once I have it set up and working I have to go through the same rigmarole whenever I want to access one of my servers from a different workstation.

So convenient. Lol.

damirarh commented 1 year ago

Imported comment written by Ben C on 2020-09-23T14:53:57

I prefer to use SSH and have for many years. Usually work in Mac or Linux so this was the first time I encountered the snag with a Win10 machine. Your post was very helpful to me. Thanks for providing it.