fix_github_https_repo.sh

#/bin/bash
#-- Script to automate https://help.github.com/articles/why-is-git-always-asking-for-my-password
# Forked from the original to do the opposite:  Switch ssh repo urls to https
# Original here: https://gist.github.com/m14t/3056747
# Thanks to @m14t

#origin or upstream
REMOTE=${1-origin}

REPO_URL=`git remote -v | grep -m1 "^$REMOTE" | sed -Ene's#.*([email protected]:[^[:space:]]*).*#\1#p'`
if [ -z "$REPO_URL" ]; then
  echo "-- ERROR:  Could not identify Repo url."
  echo "   It is possible this repo is already using HTTPS instead of SSH."
  exit
fi

USER=`echo $REPO_URL | sed -Ene's#[email protected]:([^/]*)/(.*).git#\1#p'`
if [ -z "$USER" ]; then
  echo "-- ERROR:  Could not identify User."
  exit
fi

REPO=`echo $REPO_URL | sed -Ene's#[email protected]:([^/]*)/(.*).git#\2#p'`
if [ -z "$REPO" ]; then
  echo "-- ERROR:  Could not identify Repo."
  exit
fi

#NEW_URL="[email protected]:$USER/$REPO.git"
NEW_URL="https://github.com/$USER/$REPO.git"
echo "Changing repo url from "
echo "  '$REPO_URL'"
echo "      to "
echo "  '$NEW_URL'"
echo ""

CHANGE_CMD="git remote set-url $REMOTE $NEW_URL"
echo "$CHANGE_CMD"
`$CHANGE_CMD`

echo "Success"

Hi, I was wondering if we couldn't replace
REPO_URL=git remote -v | grep -m1 "^$REMOTE" | sed -Ene's#.*([email protected]:[^[:space:]]*).*#\1#p'
with:
REPO_URL=git config --get remote.origin.url
? What are some cases where this would not work? Thaks!

@marrakchino not all remotes are named origin