Can't push to remote SSH repo on GitHub via VSCode

Question

I already updated my Git for Windows. I checked the keys are correct. The only "solution" is to start

ssh-agent

Or opening VSCode via Git Bash.

So, any useful solution?

Log:

> git push origin master:master
[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

Answer 1

You could set an remote origin using an access token (in Github) like:
git remote set-url origin https://[email protected]/your-account/your-repo.git

Answer 2

Force push might be disabled on the master branch. Check the settings on the repo that you're trying to push to.

If force push on master is not disabled, you need to make sure that you have added your ssh key path on your ssh config, so that you don't have to add the ssh key to the session every time. Edit the config file at ~/.ssh/config and add the below (on MacOS)

Host *
  UseKeychain yes
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  IdentityFile ~/path/to/key

For Windows, please check my SO answer to know how to add the ssh key to the ssh config.

UPDATE

Looks like there's an open issue with VS Code on Windows here. You may try the workaround that is mentioned here.