GitHub push fails with WebDAV error - appears to use HTTPS instead of SSH

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I’m running into a weird issue with my Jenkins build server on Ubuntu. Git version is 1.6.4 and I can pull from my private GitHub repo just fine, but when I try to push tags back after a successful build, it throws errors.

Here’s what I’m seeing:

# sudo -u jenkins git push --tags origin
XML parsing error: unexpected token
error: Error: WebDAV locking not supported on https://github.com/mycompany/myproject/
error: some refs failed to push to 'https://github.com/mycompany/myproject'

The strange thing is that SSH authentication works perfectly. When I run “ssh -v [email protected]” as the jenkins user, it connects without issues. That’s why pulling from the private repository works fine too.

It looks like git is trying to use HTTPS/WebDAV for the push operation instead of SSH. My git config matches exactly what I have for my personal user account, which can push tags successfully. Why would git choose HTTPS for pushing when SSH is properly configured?

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hey, i had a simular issue and it was my remote URL. check it with git remote -v. if it’s using https, change it with git remote set-url origin [email protected]:mycompany/myproject.git and try again!