Git-credential-manager-for-windows: VS Code Github configuration

[MythreyaK]

VS Code Version: 1.25.0
Commit: 0f080e5267e829de46638128001aeb7ca2d6d50e
Date: 2018-07-05T13:11:58.697Z
Electron: 1.7.12
Chrome: 58.0.3029.110
Node.js: 7.9.0
V8: 5.8.283.38
Architecture: x64
Git Version 2.18.0.windows.1 @ C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
I keep getting this error when trying to push to GitHub from VS Code's menu. Git: [email protected]: Permission denied (publickey). I have installed Git-Credential-Manager, but am unsure of how to set it up. I also have OpenSSH (OpenSSH_for_Windows_7.6p1, LibreSSL 2.6.4) that comes with Windows 10 (Extra Features). It has ssh-add and ssh-agent. I was wondering if that can be used to authenticate my private key (password protected) to set up VS Code.

Guidance would be really appreciated!
Thanks!

[shiftkey]

@blackbird-98 Git Credential Manager is for authenticating to HTTPS remotes only. I'd recommend looking at the GitHub guides for setting up SSH: https://help.github.com/articles/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/ and in particular Working with SSH key passphrases.

[MythreyaK]

Yes, I have that working, but was wondering how to use this extension with OpenSSL as they are integrated into windows. I believe it would be much easier using this (as OpenSSL services run by default in the background and seem well integrated) as opposed to making code get the env-vars of Git-bash by running code from it. This would make it much easier to manage remotes and repos with native windows tools.
Thank you!

[dscho]

was wondering how to use this extension with OpenSSL as they are integrated into windows.

OpenSSL != OpenSSH. Very different beasts.

[shiftkey]

@blackbird-98

I believe it would be much easier using this (as OpenSSL services run by default in the background and seem well integrated) as opposed to making code get the env-vars of Git-bash by running code from it.

I'll point you to #25 which was an earlier request for this and in particular this comment https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/issues/25#issuecomment-208755973 about why it's currently out of scope for GCM to be handling passphrases for SSH keys.

[MythreyaK]

@dscho Whoops! Apologies!

@shiftkey okay! understood. Makes sense...

Thank you all for your time!