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Created April 2, 2016 20:48
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  1. asksven created this gist Apr 2, 2016.
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    If 2fa is enabled on github switch to ssh instead of https on linux

    1. generate an ssh keypair on your linux box
    ssh-keygen -t {rsa|dsa}

    2. add the public key to github: profile - settings - ssh keys

    3. switch from https to ssh

    Check your repo remote:
    git remote -v
    should show:
    origin https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
    origin https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (push)

    Change the remote:
    git remote set-url origin [email protected]:USERNAME/OTHERREPOSITORY.git

    verify:
    git remote -v
    should show:
    origin [email protected]:USERNAME/OTHERREPOSITORY.git (fetch)
    origin [email protected]:USERNAME/OTHERREPOSITORY.git (push)