title: github uses Smart HTTP
body: <p>I setup <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git" rel="nofollow">password caching</a>, but it's odd in that I thought that I'd already done that.  From an e-mail to github, it seems that they changed things a bit:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Hello Thufir,</p>
    
    <p>What you are seeing is that all newly created repos are now using
    Smart HTTP instead of SSH by default. We have a help article here that
    explains how to change it here:
    <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/why-is-git-always-asking-for-my-password" rel="nofollow">https://help.github.com/articles/why-is-git-always-asking-for-my-password</a></p>
    
    <p>We also have a blog post about it here:
    <a href="https://github.com/blog/1104-credential-caching-for-wrist-friendly-git-usage" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/blog/1104-credential-caching-for-wrist-friendly-git-usage</a></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The oddity which I see is that I seem to recall following those exact directions some time ago, for caching the password.</p>
  
  <p>Also, isn't there a better approach, with a public key perhaps?  I'm not quite sure where my password is cached, but I know that it's not such a great idea.  (I'm on Linux so cannot use the suggested .exe in the e-mail.)</p>