The default location for the config file on windows is I’ll assume that you have ssh certificates available and any ssh aliases are set in the config file Microsoft provide more instructions here: įollow the instructions to install it if you don’t have it.

You can turn it on in the Optional Features settings pane. If you use Windows 10 or higher there is a built-in openssl instance. Note: You must be an administrator to perform the required actions. These are the steps I had to research to use Git on Windows with the built in Windows ssh-agent. I couldn’t use WSL because I wanted git to work on any terminal in windows. I didn’t want to use Git for Windows because it uses GitBash. Ssh-agent is harder to configure on windows because some of the default settings and paths are different to *nix systems. On most *nix systems there is an ssh-agent installed that will store your pass phrases so you don’t have to enter them when using Git with ssh.

It’s annoying typing this passphrase in to terminal when using a git command. Ssh requires the certificate passphrase every time you use a connection. I use ssh certificates with passphrases to authenticate with my git provider. I needed to run git natively in windows (no wsl) for a recent project.

Openssh windows gui