How to make git push run faster

Question

Is there a way to tell git to push the changes to the github remote server a little faster. It takes a longer time (~8-10 secs) even for minor changes on few files in a bare minimal rails application.

Answer 1

Try creating a directory ~/.ssh/control and then adding this to your ~/.ssh/config:

Host github.com
  ControlMaster auto
  ControlPath ~/.ssh/control/%r@%h:%p
  ControlPersist 3600

This will cause ssh to reuse existing connections to github for one hour, which will eliminate the time taken to reauthenticate during that time.