Specify which SSH to use

Question

I am using windows 10 with OpenSSH, Git installed. Now I have setup to use ssh key for git communication. I used ssh-add to add key in ssh-agent. The problem is git uses its own local ssh-agent and I have added a key in windows open ssh-agent. Running where ssh-agent returns two different location.

C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh-agent.exe
C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh-agent.exe

I would like to specify in git which ssh-agent to use.

Can you also share the output of `where git`? Also check https://stackoverflow.com/a/19792331/1012381 — JScoobyCed, Jun 29 '21 at 14:01
Output of `where git` `C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin\git.exe C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe` — Akash Kumar, Jun 29 '21 at 14:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 29 '21 at 14:10

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You can set the environment variable GIT_SSH to the path of the OpenSSH executable (C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe). After this, Git should use the ssh-agent of OpenSSH.

answered Jun 29 '21 at 14:10

Matt

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