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Co-authored-by: Hirsch Singhal <1666363+hpsin@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Jovel Crisostomo <jovel@github.com> Co-authored-by: Lucas Costi <lucascosti@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Vanessa <vgrl@github.com>
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| About connections to GitHub | {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} uses HTTPS to securely exchange data with {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}. |
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About connections |
{% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} connects to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} when you pull from, push to, clone, and fork remote repositories. To connect to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} from {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %}, you must authenticate your account. For more information, see "Authenticating to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}."
After you authenticate to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}, you can connect to remote repositories with {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %}. {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} caches your credentials (username and password or {% data variables.product.pat_generic %}) and uses the credentials to authenticate for each connection to the remote repository.
{% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} connects to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} using HTTPS. If you use {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} to access repositories that were cloned using SSH, you may encounter errors. To connect to a repository that was cloned using SSH, change the remote's URLs. For more information, see "Managing remote repositories."