Powershell asking for git RSA passphrase on every pull instead of on startup?

Question

I've installed PoshGit and I've set up my RSA key with github and in my ~\.ssh folder, but PowerShell still prompts me to enter a passphrase on every pull/push. I've followed all the instructions given here. My powershell profile looks like so:

$env:path += ";" + (Get-Item "Env:ProgramFiles(x86)").Value + "\Git\bin"
. 'C:\Users\Caleb\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\posh-git\profile.example.ps1'
cd ~\Documents\GitHub\travefy

Here's what happens. How do I get it to only ask me on startup?

Fy

Answer 1

It turns out I need to run

> ssh-add

I'm not sure why this wasn't mentioned in any of the docs on github.com.

Fy

Interesting... the last thing Start-SshAgent (called by default in the example profile) does is Add-SshKey, which should call ssh-add for you. Could you open an issue on GitHub for this? – Chuch

I realize this is old, but I'm having the same problem and it's not related to ssh-add. In fact, I can verify my ssh keys are working with ssh and ssh-agent. ssh -T [email protected] works as expected and ssh-add -l shows my key is loaded. But git pull prompts for the key pasphrase every time. I'm stumped. – Asylum

You need to get the ssh-agent to run in Powershell by using the command that comes bundled with Git for Windows, see here: https://mcmap.net/q/455823/-using-git-with-ssh-agent-on-windows – Psalmbook

Answer 2

May you need to configure Git to use the Windows 10 implementation of OpenSSH by issuing the following command in Powershell:

git config --global core.sshCommand C:/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/ssh.exe

This worked for me. Source: danieldogeanu.

Oily