I always recommended ssh until trying to use gitlab for a class I teach to nonprogrammers... and the extra complication over https was immense. Lots of github's

I always recommended ssh until trying to use gitlab for a class I teach to nonprogrammers... and the extra complication over https was immense. Lots of github's users have never used SSH before and those that are comfortable with it probably aren't going to pay attention to github's recommendation anyway.