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January 29, 2020 10:16
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Auto connect to ssh-agent on Windows (Git Bash)
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# Reuse an existing ssh-agent on login, or create a new one. Append this to your .bashrc | |
# I have no idea who the author of the original concept was for reusing agents. This | |
# version also handles the case where the agent exists but has no keys. | |
# | |
# Adapted for Git Bash on Windows | |
GOT_AGENT=0 | |
for FILE in $(find /tmp/ssh-* -type s -user ${USERNAME} -name "agent.[0-9]*" 2>/dev/null) | |
do | |
SOCK_PID=${FILE##*.} | |
PID=$(ps |awk '/ssh-agent/ {print $1}') | |
SOCK_FILE=${FILE} | |
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=${SOCK_FILE}; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK; | |
SSH_AGENT_PID=${PID}; export SSH_AGENT_PID; | |
ssh-add -l > /dev/null | |
if [ $? != 2 ] | |
then | |
GOT_AGENT=1 | |
echo "Agent pid ${PID}" | |
break | |
fi | |
echo "Skipping pid ${PID}" | |
done | |
if [ $GOT_AGENT = 0 ] | |
then | |
eval `ssh-agent` | |
fi |
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