Egit Refuses to accept id_rsa

Question

I'm a first time git user trying to setup egit in Eclipse so I can continue to easily code through Eclipse. Problem is, every time I try to clone a repo through egit, it gives me the error "Cannot list available branches. Reason: ssh://[email protected]:22 Passphrase for /Users/elifinkelshteyn/.ssh/id_rsa." This is really strange as I can clone through terminal using that same id_rsa just fine, and I've verified in Eclipse ssh properties that it is trying to use the correct key. What gives?

Answer 1

if you get a prompt for the passphrase but eclipse doesn't accept the passphrase, try the following:

set the GIT_SSH environment variable to your ssh client e.g. by adding

export GIT_SSH=/usr/bin/ssh

to your .bash_rc

on Mac OSX, open terminal and type:

cd
mkdir .MacOSX
cd .MacOSX
echo "" > environment.plist
open environment.plist

add a KEY=GIT_SSH with VALUE=/usr/bin/ssh and save the file.

After relogin to your account, it should work.