GitHub still asking for login even after ssh key exchange

Question

my machine setup is as follows: windows 7, Git for windows,Git Bash, openSSH 1.6 installed via cygwin.

I followed the instructions on https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys

But I still have to login in everytime I push something.

I guess my setup is messed up... any help is very much appreciated.

Answer 1

To be able to use key-based authentication (instead of HTTP basic-auth), you have to use the SSH-Protocol. On Github, the URLs look like this:

[email protected]:username/repository.git

Once you use key authentication, you can use the common SSH tools to manage the connections. One of these tools is the SSH agent which will decrypt your private key once after loading and keep it in main memory while it is running. This allows new SSH sessions to use this key without having to bother you with a password-question.

You can add a private key to the current SSH agent session by running

ssh-add /path/to/key