My .bashrc file not executed on Git Bash startup (Windows 7)

Question

This is what I did:

cd ~
touch .bashrc
notepad .bashrc

and the content of my .bashrc is (found on the web somewhere):

SSH_E         


        

Answer 1

The simplest mechanism on Windows is the one from here http://anterence.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/ssh-agent-in-msysgit.html

Modified to show key names other than 'id_rsa', the .bashrc file looks like this:

#! /bin/bash 
eval `ssh-agent -s` 
ssh-add ~/.ssh/github_rsa
ssh-add ~/.ssh/otherkey_rsa

You are prompted for the passphrase for each key in turn, but only the first time after a machine start.

Answer 2

Bingo! Something was obviously wrong with the way the ssh-agent is run in that .bashrc. I copied the one from here and it works a treat! Now I only have to enter my passphrase once when git bash starts up, and any subsequent push no longer need it.

Here's the actual content of the script now:

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;
}

# 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

Answer 3

Try this, works for me.

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;
}

# 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