Vscode-gitlens: Git through SSH with passphrase-protected key when in WSL remote

[ivangretsky]

Good day! Thanks for a best-in-class extension!

I am trying to use git through SSH in a WSL remote. The SSH connection is protected with a key pair which is password-protected. How do I start an SSH agent and input that passphrase for a shell in which GitLens operates?

By default a bash/wsl shell is opened in terminal window on WSL remote connection. I start an SSH agent there and add the key, but it seems like this is not the shell in which GitLens is sending its git commands.

TIA!

[clemjlt]

Hi ! Same situation here, how can we do that ?

Thanks,

[sebtiz13]

Hi ! Have same issue.
It's not possible to open a prompt to enter passphrase for SSH Key ?

[mhmmd-ysf]

Maybe this could help
https://stackoverflow.com/a/60198798/11154427

TLDR:

• regenerate your key, make sure it's not passphrase-protected
• add the new public one in the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file of the WSL session
• don't forget to clone via SSH not HTTPS

It worked for me

[ivangretsky]

make sure it's not passphrase-protected

This line makes the answer invalid for the case)

[mhmmd-ysf]

Oops I didn't see that before, sorry 🤦🏻‍♂️

[eamodio]

This isn't something that I will likely add myself, but if the community wants to provide a PR I'm certainly open to it -- depending on the complexity and scope of the changes required.

[ivangretsky]

It seems like native git support does not allow this either, so probably nothing to fix in the extension. Created an issue closer to the source of the problem)