My .bashrc file not executed on Git Bash startup (Windows 7)

bash, git-bash, mingw32

Solution

Bingo! Something was obviously wrong with the way the ssh-agent is run in that .bashrc. I copied the one from here and it works a treat! Now I only have to enter my passphrase once when git bash starts up, and any subsequent push no longer need it.

Here's the actual content of the script now:

SSH_ENV=$HOME/.ssh/environment

function start_agent {
     echo "Initialising new SSH agent..."
     /usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > ${SSH_ENV}
     echo succeeded
     chmod 600 ${SSH_ENV}
     . ${SSH_ENV} > /dev/null
     /usr/bin/ssh-add;
}

# Source SSH settings, if applicable

if [ -f "${SSH_ENV}" ]; then
     . ${SSH_ENV} > /dev/null
     #ps ${SSH_AGENT_PID} doesn't work under cywgin
     ps -ef | grep ${SSH_AGENT_PID} | grep ssh-agent$ > /dev/null || {
         start_agent;
     }
else
     start_agent;
fi

Problem

This is what I did: ``` cd ~ touch .bashrc notepad .bashrc ``` and the content of my .bashrc is (found on the web somewhere): ``` SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/environment" # start the ssh-agent function start_agent { echo "Initializing new SSH agent..." # spawn ssh-agent ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > "$SSH_ENV" echo succeeded chmod 600 "$SSH_ENV" . "$SSH_ENV" > /dev/null ssh-add } # test for identities function test_identities { # test whether standard identities have been added to the agent already ssh-add -l | grep "The agent has no identities" > /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then ssh-add # $SSH_AUTH_SOCK broken so we start a new proper agent if [ $? -eq 2 ];then start_agent fi fi } # check for running ssh-agent with proper $SSH_AGENT_PID if [ -n "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]; then ps -ef | grep "$SSH_AGENT_PID" | grep ssh-agent > /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then test_identities fi # if $SSH_AGENT_PID is not properly set, we might be able to load one from # $SSH_ENV else if [ -f "$SSH_ENV" ]; then . "$SSH_ENV" > /dev/null fi ps -ef | grep "$SSH_AGENT_PID" | grep -v grep | grep ssh-agent > /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then test_identities else start_agent fi fi ``` Somehow that script is not executed at all. I don't see any of the strings that should be echoed. I am familiar with Unix commandline in Linux and Mac OS X, but I have no idea how it works under Windows. Any suggestions please? EDIT: Okay, my mistake... this script is executed, but I don't fully understand what it does. I was hoping to prevent being asked for passphrase every time I push to remote repo. As it stands now I'm still asked every time.

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