Saving my ssh passphrase

[tim-kilian]

I have a passphrase protected ssh key and currently am required to enter the passphrase every time I pull or push to the origin. Can you help me how can I save the passphrase so it wouldn't ask me every time I commit?

[mark2185]

Sure! Look into an SSH agent program like keychain.

Once you add your key into the keychain you'll only have to enter the passphrase the first time it is used.

[tim-kilian]

Thanks, I think I've got it working with this two stackoverflows:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21965611/how-can-i-run-the-ssh-agent-auto-in-the-zsh-environment
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10032461/git-keeps-asking-me-for-my-ssh-key-passphrase

start the agent
eval $(ssh-agent)
Add my custom ssh key
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Add ssh-agent plugin to my zsh
plugins=(git ssh-agent)
Source the config
source ~/.zshrc

Works great. Thank you for help, in other editors it is sometimes very painful, when you use a different key than the default one.

[guttermonk]

This thread is related and was also very helpful for me.

[MathiasLui]

Is there a way to do it without an agent? I don't use one
It asks me for my SSH key passphrase and I'm just trying to paste it in