Git Remote Add With Another Ssh Port Not 22

What is Git?

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Git remote add

After initializing the local repository, one needs to add at least one remote repository to push code to that remote. By default, git requires a server username and IP address to add a remote repository.

git remote add remote_name ssh://[email protected]_address/path-to-git-repo/repo.git

Example –

git remote add production ssh://[email protected]/var/repositories/lau.git

The above command will add a remote named production. If you changed the SSH port, the above remote will fail to push code and return the following error –

ssh: connect to host 192.168.28.xxx port 22: Connection refused fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

It means git tried to connect to ssh on port 22. Since port 22 has been modified, we need to specify another port when adding a remote.

Git Remote Add With Another SSH Port

git remote add production ssh://[email protected]_address:port/path-to-git-repo/repo.git

Example –

git remote add production ssh://[email protected]:3234/var/repository/lau.git

As you can see, the custom port needs to be specified while adding the remote. The above command will add a remote that will push code to the repository on SSH port 3234.