Convert Remote from HTTPS to SSH

Difficulty: entry

Source: devops-interviews/devops-interview-questions by Alex Muradov

Answer

Scenario:

You have a Git repository at /home/interview/repo where the remote origin is currently configured with an HTTPS URL (https://github.com/user/repo.git).

Task:

Change the remote URL from HTTPS to SSH and verify the connection.

Example:

# Before (using HTTPS)
$ git remote -v
origin  https://github.com/user/repo.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/user/repo.git (push)

# After (using SSH)
$ git remote -v
origin  [email protected]:user/repo.git (fetch)
origin  [email protected]:user/repo.git (push)

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