Add private ssh key to git bash on windows

 

After you install the git bash for windows, you can add private ssh key by following the steps below.

# put your keys under .ssh folder
$ ls ~/.ssh
your.key
your.key.pub

# update your .bashrc
$ cat ~/.bashrc

# ssh-agent
SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/environment"

function start_agent {
    echo "Initialising new SSH agent..."
    /usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > "${SSH_ENV}"
    echo succeeded
    chmod 600 "${SSH_ENV}"
    . "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null
    /usr/bin/ssh-add;
    ssh-add $HOME/.ssh/
}

# Source SSH settings, if applicable

if [ -f "${SSH_ENV}" ]; then
    . "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null
    #ps ${SSH_AGENT_PID} doesn't work under cywgin
    ps -ef | grep ${SSH_AGENT_PID} | grep ssh-agent$ > /dev/null || {
        start_agent;
    }
else
    start_agent;
fi

# activate the agent
$ source ~/.bashrc
Initialising new SSH agent...
succeeded
Identity added: 

You can now git clone your project through ssh channel.