# Default Git setup in PkgTemplates

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/default-git-setup-in-pkgtemplates/105129>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** github, pkgtemplates\
**Created:** [October 18, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/default-git-setup-in-pkgtemplates/105129 "2023-10-18T15:28:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![gdalle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gdalle/32/27854_2.png) [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/default-git-setup-in-pkgtemplates/105129/1 "2023-10-18T15:28:03Z")

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I would love some feedback on a potential breaking change in PkgTemplates to make package creation easier on GitHub. Since that is the only hosting service I use, I’m blind to how it would affect GitLab et al.

> <https://github.com/JuliaCI/PkgTemplates.jl/issues/437>
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> HTTPS authentification was deprecated by GitHub in 2021 in favor of SSH, so that… the simple workflow given in \[JuliaNotes\](https://m3g.github.io/JuliaNotes.jl/stable/new\_package/) now fails.
> I don't know how GitLab and other platforms handle this, but maybe it would make sense to choose \`ssh=true\` as the default in the \`Git\` plugin?

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**Author:** ![devel-chm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/devel-chm/32/3572_2.png) [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/default-git-setup-in-pkgtemplates/105129/2 "2023-10-25T14:02:14Z")

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Please don’t change.

The default works well for sites where the proxy server does not permit ssh://  
I had to change from ssh:// to https:// for that exact reason.