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@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ Then with a terminal in the directory of your choice, run the command
 
 ```git clone <repository_https_url>```
 
+Or if you have already configured an ssh key (see your search engine of choice for how to generate one of those)
+
+```git clone <repository_ssh_url>```
+
 Where `<repository_https_url>` can be obtained by clicking on the blue "clone" button on your repository page.
 There will be one link starting with "https://" in the modal window popping up.
 Copy that one and use it instead of `<repository_https_url>` to trigger the copying process.
@@ -60,6 +64,10 @@ With a terminal open in the directory of the cloned repository, run
 
 ```git remote add vorlage https://gitlab.cs.fau.de/cp1_ws19/cpp_introduction```
 
+Or for the ssh version:
+
+```git remote add vorlage git@gitlab.cs.fau.de:cp1_ws19/cpp_introduction.git```
+
 This will register this repository as a source for files with the name "vorlage".
 Your own repository on gitlab should be registered as "origin".
 To check that this is indeed the case, you can run