<h2>No passphrase</h2> <p>The simplest solution, of course, is to not put a passphrase on your ssh key. To do this, follow the steps outlined in [[Providing your <span class="caps">SSH</span> Key]]. When prompted for a passphrase, simply hit enter.</p> <h2>ssh-agent</h2> <p>Use <code>ssh-agent</code>. Since you should already have a keypair, already known to GitHub, this is easy.</p> <pre class="console">$ eval `ssh-agent` $ ssh-add [key name such as id_rsa or it will add all]</pre> <p>That&#8217;s it.</p> <h3>ssh-agent on <span class="caps">OSX</span> Tiger</h3> <p>If you want to use a <span class="caps">GUI</span> tool such as <a href="http://macromates.com/">TextMate</a> with GitHub you can install <a href="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9773">sshLogin</a>. It will manage your keys for both <span class="caps">GUI</span> apps and Terminal sessions.</p> <h3>ssh-agent on <span class="caps">OSX</span> Leopard</h3> <p>On <span class="caps">OSX</span> Leopard <code>ssh-agent</code> is started automatically when needed. You just need to run ssh-add. If you don&#8217;t want to run ssh-add every time you login, you can add your default key to your default OS X account keychain with:<br /> <pre class="console">$ /usr/bin/ssh-add -K</pre></p> <p>Extract from <code>man ssh-add</code> (On both Tiger and Leopard):</p> <blockquote> <p>-K* When adding identities, each passphrase will also be stored in<br /> your keychain. When removing identities with -d, each passphrase<br /> will be removed from your keychain.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>-k* Add identities to the agent using any passphrases stored in your<br /> keychain.</p> </blockquote> 2008-04-09T15:33:33-07:00 28 how-to-not-have-to-type-your-password-for-every-push 2009-01-01T13:14:24-08:00 706