I have msysgit installed, with OpenSSH. I am connecting to a gitosis repo. From the git bash, I have created a .profile
file that runs ssh-agent (if not already running) each time git bash is opened, using this script
SSH_ENV=$HOME/.ssh/environment
function start_agent {
echo "Initialising new SSH agent..."
/usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > ${SSH_ENV}
echo succeeded
chmod 600 ${SSH_ENV}
. ${SSH_ENV} > /dev/null
/usr/bin/ssh-add;
}
# Source SSH settings, if applicable
if [ -f "${SSH_ENV}" ]; then
. ${SSH_ENV} > /dev/null
#ps ${SSH_AGENT_PID} doesn't work under cywgin
ps -ef | grep ${SSH_AGENT_PID} | grep ssh-agent$ > /dev/null || {
start_agent;
}
else
start_agent;
fi
I am also using git extensions, which runs the git command from the Windows command prompt, not git bash. So, ssh doesn't see the ssh-agent that is running. Is it possible to fix this?
I had the same problem as you, then I tried adding this code
#! /bin/bash
eval `ssh-agent -s`
ssh-add ~/.ssh/*_rsa
into file .bashrc
in my home directory. And it works!