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I used git bash to clone an SSH repo (e.g. ssh://user@host:/var/www/git/www.git). When doing the clone it asked me for the password, which I entered on the command line. It managed to clone the repo.

Now every time I want to pull / push it asks me for the password. How can I automate this step?

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  • You should take a look into adding an SSH key to your github account - help.github.com/articles/… Commented Aug 22, 2017 at 9:46
  • The repo isn't on Github though. Commented Aug 22, 2017 at 9:49
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    Then you can configure a ssh key for your user on the host machine Commented Aug 22, 2017 at 10:08
  • Possible duplicate of Configuring Git over SSH to login once Commented Aug 22, 2017 at 19:27

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If you're sure you've used SSH (and not HTTPS), then you should have set a key to identify yourself, and the password you mention must be the passphrase of your key.

Then you should use a ssh-agent (or KeyChain in MacOS) to remember your password during the whole session.

Another (unsecure) way is to remove teh passphrase form your SSH key.

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