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if we want to add our private ssh key we have to write in e.g powershell

ssh-add ~\.ssh\id_rsa

but is there possibility to check, what key is currently added to agent ?

I can't find that command on the internet.

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    this is about linux, on windows it doesn't work – discCard Dec 09 '20 at 14:17
  • ok, granted :) Does `ssh-add -l` or `ssh-add -L` output something ? or are these options not recognized at all by your version of `ssh-add` ? – LeGEC Dec 09 '20 at 15:46
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    Check how you can start your agent, and set the expected variables in your shell. Still a Unix question : https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/464574/33732, but the `eval $(ssh-agent)` can probably be adapted for pwsh – LeGEC Dec 10 '20 at 00:13

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GitHub has a documentation for Windows explaining how to launch the ssh-agent automatically from a git bash session (with the .bashrc)

Once launched, a ssh-add -L will list the active keys.

From there, ssh-add -l/-L will list the register keys fingerprint, pr keys content.
(And ssh-add is included in Git for Windows)

You can compare a fingerprint from ssh-add -l with ssh-keygen -lf /path/to/ssh/key in order to determine which key filename was added to the agent.
(and ssh-keygen is also included with Git for Windows)

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  • the problem with this github doc is: it works only for single instance terminal/cmd/bash, if you will open next one terminal, your password is not remember – discCard Dec 11 '20 at 11:45
  • @discCard True, because the ssh-agent will have to relaunch from that new session. That is why I use HTTPS URLs, with cached credentials stored in a common store (common to all sessions) – VonC Dec 11 '20 at 11:47
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    FYI - I was able to get it so the passphrase is only prompted for on the first window that's opened after booting using the script at [Auto-launching ssh-agent on Git for Windows](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/working-with-sshkey-passphrases#auto-launching-ssh-agent-on-git-for-windows). I did find, however, it didn't work when I added it add it to either `~/.profile` or `~/.bashrc`. I needed to add it to `~/.bash_profile` for it to get picked up and used by Git Bash on Windows. – csrowell Feb 10 '22 at 15:10
  • @csrowell Thank you for this feedback. I remember that file now: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32353083/6309 – VonC Feb 10 '22 at 15:16
  • @VonC, thank you for the link - the inconsistency was bugging me - mystery solved. – csrowell Feb 10 '22 at 15:21