Allow IdentityFile to point to a .pub file#72
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Improve handling of IdentityFile (also flag -i) to allow to point directly to a public key file (.pub). This is for the case where the private key is not stored on disk but in a more secure area. Thanks to agnosticlines for explaining the use case and providing a first version of the patch in #65.
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Improve handling of
IdentityFile(also flag-i) to allow to point directly to a public key file (.pub). This is for the case where the private key is not stored on disk but in a more secure area.Thanks to @agnosticlines for explaining the use case and providing a first version of the patch in #65.