Hello Wolfgang- man(5) ssh_config Add something like this to your .ssh/config file: Host example Hostname ssh.example.com Port 2222 User wolfgang Then use "example" as the hostname for the git commands instead of ssh.example.com. Best, Brandon -- http://ifup.org On 22:44 Mon 06 Mar , Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Hi, > > is there any way to specify an alternative port number for SSH based > remote repository access? > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@xxxxxxx > "Here's a fish hangs in the net like a poor man's right in the law. > 'Twill hardly come out." - Shakespeare, Pericles, Act II, Scene 1 > - > : send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html