ssh trick for heavy github user

If like me you use github, bitbucket and more generally git a lot, here is a trick you might be interested in.

A typical git clone command look like this:

git clone git@github.com:sieben/dotfiles.git

Even if this is very straightforward, there is something simpler that can be done. Just open your .ssh/config and add the following lines:

Host github
HostName github.com
User git

Congratulations! Now, you can type:

git clone github:sieben/dotfiles.git

Of course, you can adapt this trick to bitbucket and your own git servers.