Notes on Git and Github commands Determine the origin URL of a local .git repo: git config --get remote.origin.url Switch a repo from HTTPS to SSH authentification: git remote set-url origin git@github.com:csherwood-usgs/jsed.git where the last argument is the URL, which you can grab from the "Clone or download" box in the repo. Good tutorial on GitHub workflow https://github.com/readme/guides/configure-git-environment