Setting up SSH keys for Bitbucket on Windows

Question

First, I am an absolute noob with git, repos and command line. I have repo on Bitbucket and I basically want to be able to push to the repository via gitbash without entering a password each time.

What I have:

• A repository on Bitbucket with the code already set up.
• A local directory where the repository is cloned.
• A public key and a private key generated via PuTTY.
• Public key added to Bitbucket via the Manage SSH keys page.

How do I now make it work so that I don't have to enter the password each time I push from the gitbash terminal? I'm using Windows 10.

Answer 1

Please follow the steps to add ssh key into bitbucket account to solve your issue.

1. Open git bash terminal and enter the command ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your email address"
2. Enter passphrase (leave it blank) and enter
3. Enter the same phrase again (leave it blank) and enter
4. Copy the id_rsa.pub file content from where it is residing in your system (C:\Users\username\.ssh)
5. Login to bitbucket account and click top right most user icon ->bitbucket settings->ssh keys under security menu then paste into key field and save it. 6.Restart your git bash terminal and enter git init command and add ssh git repository location [email protected]:username/repository_name.git which is present in your bitbucket repository.

Enjoy!

Answer 2

There are two ways to load a remote git repository: using SSH and using HTTPS.

SSH will use a key pair, and requires the public key to be added to your BitBucket/GitHub profile.

HTTPS requires your BitBucket/GitHub username and password. You will be promoted for your password every time you interact with the remote server (clone, fetch, push, pull).

If you are currently being prompted for a password, that means the remote URL is currently set to use HTTPS. You can determine this be running git remote -v. To change to use SSH, you need to update the remote URL to the SSH URL by running git remote set-url <remote alias> <SSH URL>. If you only have one remote server, <remote alias> will be origin. You can find the SSH URL in BitBucket/GitHub under the clone option of the repository.