Changing a GitHub repository origin from HTTPS to SSH

If a repository is cloned using the HTTPS URL instead of the SSH URL, there will be a prompt for a GitHub username and password. If the SSH URL is used then there will be no prompt for a password if SSH is already set up on GitHub.

You can check what is being used, (HTTPS or SSH), with the following code in Terminal:

 git remote -v 

To change the repository origin replace USERNAME with the username and REPOSITORY with the repository name when using the following code:

 git remote set-url origin git@github.com:USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git 

Source:
https://help.github.com/articles/changing-a-remote-s-url/

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