On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 23 March 2010 01:54, Ping Yin <pkufranky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > With putty and pageant, the key with passphrase can be used. > > Is there any way to use key with passphrase when using the msysgit ssh? > > Use ssh-agent. > > After you start the msys shell enter: > > eval $(ssh-agent) > > Then you can use 'ssh-add' to add a key to the agent. If it requires a > password then it will prompt you at that point. Now any further ssh > activity in the current session can acquire the pre-authenticated key > from the agent. Thanks. I'm sorry that i didn't make it clear. I know this works for msys shell, but it doesn't work for git-gui. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html