Speed up pushing to Github
ssh -N git@github.com &
In your shell to keep a persistent connection to Github open in the background so every time you push it doesn't need to go through they key exchange handshake
Written by Ravi Kotecha
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Interesting. Does it work only with github, or it can be used with any git server, e.g. bitbucket?
over 1 year ago
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@rabovik it'll work with anything that uses ssh as a transport for git, I think bitbucket would work fine
over 1 year ago
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didn't cause an apparent speed increase for me, am I doing it wrong?
over 1 year ago
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