git remote add with other SSH port

In Git, how can I add a remote origin server when my host uses a different SSH port?

git remote add origin ssh://user@host/srv/git/example

You can just do this:

git remote add origin ssh://user@host:1234/srv/git/example

1234 is the ssh port being used

You need to edit your ~/.ssh/config file. Add something like the following:

Host example.com
    Port 1234

A quick google search shows a few different resources that explain it in more detail than me.

Best answer doesn't work for me. I needed ssh:// from the beggining.

# does not work
git remote set-url origin user@example.com:10000/aaa/bbbb/ccc.git
# work
git remote set-url origin ssh://user@example.com:10000/aaa/bbbb/ccc.git

Rather than using the ssh:// protocol prefix, you can continue using the conventional URL form for accessing git over SSH, with one small change. As a reminder, the conventional URL is:

git@host:path/to/repo.git

To specify an alternative port, put brackets around the user@host part, including the port:

[git@host:port]:path/to/repo.git

But if the port change is merely temporary, you can tell git to use a different SSH command instead of changing your repository’s remote URL:

export GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -p port'
git clone git@host:path/to/repo.git # for instance

For those of you editing the ./.git/config

[remote "external"]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  url = ssh://[email protected]:11720/aaa/bbb/ccc                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/external/* 

for gitlab, example ssh port is 2224, therefore:

> git remote add ssh://[email protected]:2224/your_group/your_project.git

Had a similar issue trying to connect to my git server

( have a gitea server in a docker container with ssh-port configured to 2022, instead of standard 22, here as an example my-git-server.lan ).

1. create ssh key-pair (quiet, without password)

$ ssh-keygen -q -N '' -b 4096 -f ~/.ssh/mykeyfile

(this will create two files: public-key mykeyfile.pub and private-key mykeyfile without any extension)

2. display contents of the public-key and copy/paste it to your profile's SSH keys in your git-server (similar to how you would do it on Github )

$ cat ~/.ssh/mykeyfile.pub

3. add following lines to ssh-config to specify git-server's hostname, port and key-file

$ nano ~/.ssh/config
Host my-git-server.lan
  HostName my-git-server.lan
  User git
  Port 2022
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/mykeyfile

(notice that the username is always git, regardless of your actual username on your git-server)

4. test ssh connection to your git-server using public-key, .. and receive a success message

$ ssh -T git@my-git-server.lan
Hi there, username! You've successfully authenticated with the key named /Users/username/.ssh/mykeyfile.pub

.. use -v "verbose mode" to analyse any errors:

$ ssh -Tvvv git@my-git-server.lan

(again, notice that the username is always git)

5. specify your remote address ssh://[email protected]:2022/alex/myproject.git for your local git repository (again, notice the user git and the port 2022), .. check remote configuration

$ cd your/local/git/repository/folder
$ git remote add my-git-server ssh://[email protected]:2022/alex/myproject.git
$ git remote -v

( here you also see that on my git-server my actual user is alex and repository is myproject )

Done! You can now work with your git-server .. fetch/commit/push etc.

( this is a copy of my post on serverfault.com )

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Update: as rightly noted in the comments - you do not necessarily need to specify port 2022 in the remote-url, since it is already configured in ~/.ssh/config file as PORT 2022.

Just have a look at how to set up your ~/.ssh/config file correctly.

You can specify different settings for different hosts easily.

To solve your problem you would set

Host github.com 
Port 22 
Host * 
Port 1234

Have a look at the ssh_config manual page, it explains everything you need to know on the first few pages.

1.git remote add ${shortname} ${url}

2.git remote remove shortname (is remove a remote)

3.git remote -v (is to see your current remote list)

4.git push remote branch

5.git remote rename A B (rename A to B)

6.git remote show shortname (show remote info)

All this works for me.