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Using git with ssh-agent on Windows


I'm on Windows. I installed git and posh-git (some helpers for Windows PowerShell). I can add keys with ssh-add and can authenticate with github and my webserver. I can also use git from the PowerShell to interact with my repositories.

But there is one thing I can't do: I use git-plus for the Atom editor. And I don't get it to push to my repo. What is my problem?


Solution

  • posh-git and git for windows 2.7 should include everything you need to setup an ssh-agent. Once you have the module installed you can start the agent using something like:

    Import-Module ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\posh-git\posh-git
    Set-Alias ssh-agent "$env:ProgramFiles\git\usr\bin\ssh-agent.exe"
    Set-Alias ssh-add "$env:ProgramFiles\git\usr\bin\ssh-add.exe"
    Start-SshAgent -Quiet
    

    You then should see the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environmental variable is set:

    C:\Code\Go\src\bosun.org\cmd\scollector [master]> gci env:SSH_AUTH_SOCK
    
    Name                           Value
    ----                           -----
    SSH_AUTH_SOCK                  /tmp/ssh-6ORcVQvRBZ2e/agent.11668
    

    Which the git-plus atom package should be able to use when you run commands. I was able to use Ctrl+Shift+H to bring up the git menu in atom, select push, and then push to a remote repo (not it doesn't display errors if it fails, but the new branch I pushed was there).

    The ssh-agent needs to be started BEFORE you open atom so that the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environmental variable is set. If it still doesn't work you may want to test ssh in PowerShell to verify that it can connect without a password:

    Set-Alias ssh "$env:ProgramFiles\git\usr\bin\ssh.exe"
    ssh hostname