By default, my BitBucket Git repository uses the HTTPS URL instead of the SSH. As a result, I get prompted for my password every time I push code to my BitBucket Git repository.<\/p>\n
[code language=”bash”]
\n$ git push
\nPassword for ‘https:\/\/<repo_owner>@bitbucket.org’:
\n[\/code]<\/p>\n
You should see\u00a0your BitBucket account username in place of\u00a0<repo_owner><\/strong>\u00a0. If you want to avoid having to do this every time, you must configure BitBucket to have your SSH Key. Therefore, copy your SSH key (or generate one<\/a> if you haven’t already) and add it your account settings in BitBucket (ie, https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/account\/user\/<repo_owner><\/strong><\/span>\/ssh-keys\/).<\/p>\n [code language=”bash”] Now, you must configure your Git to use SSH instead of HTTPS. You can do this globally for all Git repos on your machine\/account, by doing the following:<\/p>\n [code language=”bash”] You can confirm that this works by checking your global configuration file and look for the insteadOf:<\/p>\n [code language=”bash”] Now, you’ll be able to push code changes to BitBucket without being prompted for a password.<\/p>\n Sources:<\/p>\n By default, my BitBucket Git repository uses the HTTPS URL instead of the SSH. As a result, I get prompted for my password every time I push code to my BitBucket Git repository. [code language=”bash”] $ git push Password for ‘https:\/\/<repo_owner>@bitbucket.org’: [\/code] You should see\u00a0your BitBucket account username in place…<\/p>\n
\n$ cat ~\/.ssh\/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy
\n[\/code]<\/p>\n
\n$ git config –global url.ssh:\/\/<repo_owner>@bitbucket.org\/.insteadOf https:\/\/<repo_owner>@bitbucket.org\/
\n[\/code]<\/p>\n
\n$ cat ~\/.gitconfig
\n[url "ssh:\/\/<repo_owner>@bitbucket.org\/"]
\n\tinsteadOf = https:\/\/<repo_owner>@bitbucket.org\/
\n[\/code]<\/p>\n\n