git global url insteadOf setup

.gitconfig

# one or the other, NOT both

[url "https://github"]
  insteadOf = git://github

# or

[url "git@github.com:"]
  insteadOf = git://github

readme.md

Replace git:// with https://

Rewrite any git:// urls to be https:// but, it won't touch sshurls (git@github.com:)

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

or replace with ssh

Use ssh instead of https://

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

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sauce: https://gist.github.com/grawity/4392747 & @hansdg1

Any way to debug this? I'm trying to set something up for 'go install' to use a private repository and personal access token, but I can never tell if it is being called or not.

@jasong-au Any time git is called, it'll check the ~/.gitconfig file for matches based on insteadOf. This includes if go install is using git under the hood. Any time ssh is called, it'll check ~/.ssh/config for matching host definitions. This includes if git is using ssh under the hood.

So you can debug a ~/.ssh/config file using ssh, such as ssh github or ssh github.com and ensure it uses the hostname, username, and port defined in the config file.

You can debug a ~/.gitconfig using git.

Do something like this:

$ cat ~/.gitconfig
[url "https://gist.github.com/ea5e7123ab5c97d451804ea222ecd78a.git"]
   insteadOf = http://jasong-au

$ git clone http://jasong-au
Cloning into 'jasong-au'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 15, done.
remote: Total 15 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 15 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (15/15), done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (3/3), done.
(base)

Just make sure that whatever you put in your insteadOf = clause properly matches a URL for a git repo that go install is trying to access. And keep in mind that it's a find/replace matching from the start of the string, so you can swap any part of the start of the URL you want, including the entire URL. In my config I swap https://ourserver.organziation.example.com matching based on insteadOf = https://github.com/organization/ because we moved away from github and now have our own internal git server. By setting up the url mapping I didn't have to go through and update the URL for every repo already cloned on my workstation.

Thanks