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GitHub kinda sorta recommends HTTPS instead of SSH in a few places, e.g., https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/getti...

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Even in the originally linked article, they recommend HTTPS over SSH:

>What you need to do today: For developers, if you are using a password to authenticate Git operations with GitHub.com today, you must begin using a personal access token over HTTPS (recommended) or SSH key by August 13, 2021, to avoid disruption.

HTTPS works more-easily with command line git on Windows, in my experience. I switched a lot of my checkouts on Windows to those URLs.

I haven't had any issues using the official Windows distribution of OpenSSH. After adding my ssh keys to the ssh-agent it just works. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administrati...

I'll admit that part of it could just be that I've been using the stuff that comes with the git-scm.com distribution of git for windows.

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