Eclipse git and ssh-agent

eclipse git egit ssh-agent
Janning picture Janning · Nov 15, 2012 · Viewed 7.4k times · Source

I use eclipse with git (egit).

I would like to make use of my ssh-agent so I can push from eclipse. Does anybody know how to set up egit to use ssh-agent?

background: I can't upload my key to eclipse as my keys are on a cryptostick. My ssh-agent can loaded with the help of opensc.

Answer

Janning picture Janning · Apr 18, 2014

In your eclipse startup script or .profile (or wherever) add export GIT_SSH=/usr/bin/ssh before starting eclipse. Then eclipse uses default ssh which uses ssh agent and you cann run pull and push commands within eclipse even if your key is on a smartcard.

Edit: GIT_SSH is interpreted by eclipse's egit, but also by the stand-alone git. Setting it to /usr/bin/ssh sets it to the default value for stand-alone git, so only egit will change it's behavior.

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