Example SSH Config (.ssh/config)

To make it easier to ssh (and enable autocomplete), create a ~/.ssh/config like this: Host * SendEnv LANG LC_* HashKnownHosts yes GSSAPIAuthentication yes PreferredAuthentications publickey,password IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa ServerAliveInterval 60 Compression yes CompressionLevel 4 Host github Hostname github.com User git and you will always use user git when you ssh to github

August 28, 2014  |  🏷️ssh