Hi Brian, the issue was indeed solved by using the OpenSSH version that comes bundled with Windows instead of the one that ships with Git. Thanks a lot! Best Regards, Jacob P. Am So., 24. Nov. 2024 um 22:29 Uhr schrieb brian m. carlson <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On 2024-11-24 at 16:23:21, Jacob Pfundstein wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Hi, > > > I've recently encountered a bug/issue while using Git for Windows. You > > can load a passphrase-secured SSH key into the ssh agent using > > ssh-add. As long as the key is loaded into the ssh agent, you don't > > have to enter the passphrase when using the key. However, when I do > > git pull or something similar, Git still prompts me for the > > passphrase. > > This isn't Git prompting you for the passphrase. Git passes the > terminal through to OpenSSH, which is prompting you for the passphrase. > There's really nothing that Git can do, since it doesn't know what > OpenSSH will do. > > I can make a guess about what might be going wrong here so you can try > to see if that fixes things, and if not, you could try contacting the > Git for Windows issue tracker at [0]. Please be sure to search first, > including the closed issues, as the question may already have been asked > and answered. > > My guess as to what's going on is that you're using two different > versions of OpenSSH, since there are two with Git for Windows. One is > shipped with Git for Windows, and one is the one shipped with Windows. I > think MSYS2 may implement sockets in an unusual way, which means that if > the agent is from one version and the `ssh` binary is from another > version, that they may not be able to communicate properly. In such a > case, OpenSSH would prompt you again since it can't contact the agent. > You could try using both from the same version (I think there's an > install option for that) or try using Git Bash to see if that fixes the > problem (even if that isn't a good solution for you, it's useful to know > from a debugging point of view). > > As I said, this is just a guess and I don't use Windows, so you'll have > to try what I mentioned above or open an issue. > > [0] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues > -- > brian m. carlson (they/them or he/him) > Toronto, Ontario, CA
