# Add remote helper text is mislieding

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/add-remote-helper-text-is-mislieding/35829>\
**Category:** Core Development\
**Created:** [12 November 2020 19:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/add-remote-helper-text-is-mislieding/35829 "2020-11-12T19:57:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![danielo515](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/danielo515/32/31899_2.png) [@danielo515](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/danielo515)\
**Post date:** [12 November 2020 19:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/add-remote-helper-text-is-mislieding/35829/1 "2020-11-12T19:57:26Z")

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So, this is what the modal says:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/a/2a4b6e990744ce8523f1ed5ca5a5dd7223b8f7da.png)

That mades me thing that for adding a remote repository that uses ssh for auth I must use `ssh:` as prefix, but that is not true, I have to just add `git@github.com:danielo515/project-name.git` as usual. It does not throws any error, it just fails authenticating later, without any error message either. this can become very frustrating.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [12 November 2020 21:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/add-remote-helper-text-is-mislieding/35829/2 "2020-11-12T21:22:13Z")

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I don't know whether things have changed as I don't use projects, but I do remember at one point that it _was_ necessary to use `ssh://git@github.com/danielo515/project-name.git`.  
Note the subtle difference in the incantation, no colon.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 January 2021 21:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/add-remote-helper-text-is-mislieding/35829/3 "2021-01-11T21:22:17Z")

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