How to switch git protocol from https to ssh only when authentication needed

Question

I'm using YubiKey (PIV smart card with USB) to store my ssh credential for GitHub. Every time I access to GitHub via ssh, I need to insert the key and put pin. It's a bit stressful and I want to avoid it if it is not needed. For example, on cloning the public repo, I don't need to authenticate when I do that via https.

I can enforce git client to use ssh everywhere:

[url "[email protected]:"]
    insteadOf = https://github.com/

But I do not want to enforce ssh everywhere. I want it only when authentication is needed.

Does anyone know good ways?

Answer 1

You can change remote url to http protocol using: git remote set-url origin http://new.git.url/here.

Documentation.