for preferred protocol look into .git/config

setup.py

@@ -117,6 +117,28 @@ def read_local_conf_dev(conf_file,pattern):
                       ret = line.split("=")[1].strip().strip("\"")
     return ret
 
+# reads protocol from the current repository and converts all other projects to this protocol
+# https - user/password access
+# git   - key-based access
+def read_git_proto(conf_file,pattern):
+  ret = "0"
+  if os.path.isfile(conf_file):
+    with open(conf_file,"r") as f:
+      lines = f.readlines()
+      for line in lines:
+        if len(line)!=0:
+          if line.strip()[0]!="#":
+            pars = line.strip().split("=")
+            if (len(pars)>1):
+              # simple test
+              if pars[0].strip()=='url':
+                test = pars[1].find(pattern)
+                if test!=-1:
+                  ret = "1"
+                  print("ogogo! "+pars[1].strip())
+
+  return ret
+
 def update_branch(names_from_conf,name_from_list,pars,git_proto):
 
     # GIT host is defined in projects.json,
@@ -155,7 +177,10 @@ else:
   print("ok")
 
 project_branches = read_local_conf("poky/build/conf/local.conf","ELPHEL393_branches")
-git_proto = read_local_conf_dev("poky/build/conf/local.conf","ELPHEL393_DEV")
+
+#git_proto = read_local_conf_dev("poky/build/conf/local.conf","ELPHEL393_DEV")
+git_proto = read_git_proto(".git/config","git@")
+
 i=0
 for p,v in Projects.items():
     i = i + 1