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Auto launching ssh-agent on msysgit
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# Originally written by Github: | |
# https://help.github.com/articles/working-with-ssh-key-passphrases | |
SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/environment" | |
# start the ssh-agent | |
function start_agent { | |
echo "Initializing new SSH agent..." | |
# spawn ssh-agent | |
ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > "$SSH_ENV" | |
echo succeeded | |
chmod 600 "$SSH_ENV" | |
. "$SSH_ENV" > /dev/null | |
ssh-add | |
} | |
# test for identities | |
function test_identities { | |
# test whether standard identities have been added to the agent already | |
ssh-add -l | grep "The agent has no identities" > /dev/null | |
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then | |
ssh-add | |
# $SSH_AUTH_SOCK broken so we start a new proper agent | |
if [ $? -eq 2 ];then | |
start_agent | |
fi | |
fi | |
} | |
function load_ssh_agent { | |
if [ -f "$SSH_ENV" ]; then | |
. "$SSH_ENV" > /dev/null | |
fi | |
ps -ef | grep "$SSH_AGENT_PID" | grep ssh-agent > /dev/null | |
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then | |
test_identities | |
else | |
start_agent | |
fi | |
} | |
# check for running ssh-agent with proper $SSH_AGENT_PID | |
if [ -n "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]; then | |
ps -ef | grep "$SSH_AGENT_PID" | grep ssh-agent > /dev/null | |
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then | |
test_identities | |
else | |
# either there is no process with that PID or it does not correspond | |
# to ssh-agent | |
echo "SSH_AGENT_PID is set to $SSH_AGENT_PID, but that process either" | |
echo " does not exist, or is not ssh-agent" | |
load_ssh_agent | |
fi | |
# if $SSH_AGENT_PID is not properly set, we might be able to load one from | |
# $SSH_ENV | |
else | |
load_ssh_agent | |
fi |
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