Add Windows troubleshooting for SSH agent conflicts.#42822
Add Windows troubleshooting for SSH agent conflicts.#42822BlackDoubleB wants to merge 3 commits intogithub:mainfrom
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Add guidance for resolving passphrase prompts caused by Git for Windows using a different SSH client than the Windows ssh-agent.
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@BlackDoubleB Thanks for opening a PR! Let me check with the rest of the team about this and see what they think. |
Add guidance for resolving passphrase prompts caused by Git for Windows using a different SSH client than the Windows
ssh-agent.Why
Users on Windows may configure
ssh-agentin PowerShell but still be prompted for a passphrase when using Git operations. This can happen when Git for Windows uses its bundled SSH client, which cannot access the Windowsssh-agentservice.What's being changed
git config --global core.sshCommand "C:/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/ssh.exe"Check off the following