Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > We already have GIT_SSH, so I would expect: > > GIT_SSH='ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/id_for_example_com' git push > > to work. But sadly, GIT_SSH does not use the shell, unlike most other > configure git commands. :( You read me correctly ;-) > We could consider it a consistency bug and fix it, though I suspect we > may be annoying people on Windows who have spaces in their paths. Again, you read me correctly ;-) > You could write a credential helper shell script that knows about > classes of remotes (e.g., selecting an identity file based on the > hostname), and write only a few lines to cover a large number of hosts. Yes, but the same trick can be used in $HOME/.ssh/config to let one entry cover the same large number of hosts, so... > For example: > > #!/bin/sh > test "$1" = "get" || exit 0 > while IFS== read key val; do > test "$key" = "host" || continue > case "$val" in > *.example.com) echo sshident=com_key ;; > *.example.net) echo sshident=net_key ;; > esac > done > > But it feels a bit hacky to be using the credential helpers at all for > ssh connections. Yeah, perhaps. -- 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