Does Windows cache SSH keys?

Question

I recently posted a question regarding Git Bash referencing an old GitHub account username. Refer to that post here: Original Post

Now I\'m completely convinced that

Answer 1

I think the key here is that you might be using HTTPS to clone the new repository which in turn does not use the SSH keys at all for authentication.

I suspect that your credentials are being cached by the credentials helper. See this:

https://help.github.com/articles/caching-your-github-password-in-git/#platform-windows

On windows, if you've used the wincred helper (git config --global credential.helper wincred), then this stores your credentials in the Windows credential store which has a Control Panel interface where you can delete or edit your stored credentials. See this for instance:

With this store, your details are secured by your Windows login and can persist over multiple sessions. This was added in Git for Windows 1.8.1.1.

So either:

1. Try clearing the credential cache for your https cloned repo using the following and try again:

   git credential-osxkeychain erase host=github.com protocol=https

OR,

2. Edit the credentials using the Windows control panel's Credential Manager.

And then try pushing to your HTTPS-cloned repository again when you should get prompted for authentication details again.