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How to set default application for special link types (e.g., ssh://)?

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Some applications will signal to the OS that they can open special link type, such as ssh:// or github-mac://. They get automatically opened for such links by the web browser (or when using open in a terminal). If I have multiple such applications, how can I set which one should be the default? For example, both GitHub Desktop and SourceTree can handle github-mac://. When I installed GitHub Desktop, it became the default handler for these links. How can I set SourceTree as the default handler without uninstalling GitHub Desktop?
Asked by Szabolcs (2709 rep)
May 12, 2016, 10:27 AM
Last activity: Nov 5, 2022, 10:37 AM