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**pushxtonotdie** · May 27, 2020, 12:38am

Is there a way to cache an ssh pass phrase with sublime merge 2 on windows? I was quite happy to see a Sublime Merge 2 update, but this missing functionality meant that my interest was suddenly deflated by the ‘ssh nag screen’.

**TheSecEng** · May 27, 2020, 12:48am

That would be at the git level. If you git/env level I believe.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/nepsilon/45fae11f8d173e3370c3

how-to-ssh-agent.md

# How to use ssh-agent to cache your SSH credentials?

_Contributed by [Fabien Loudet](http://fabienloudet.com), Linux SysAdmin at Rosetta Stone_

Tired of always having to enter your SSH key passphrase when logging in to remote machines? 
Here comes `ssh-agent`. Enter the passphrase once and it will keep it in memory for you

**Using ssh-agent in your shell session:**

```bash

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**pushxtonotdie** · May 27, 2020, 6:57pm

Thanks for your reply @TheSecEng! I have had problems with git and ssh-agent on windows, but just now found out that Windows 10 ships with OpenSSH. I was able to run it as a service and set the GIT_SSH variable to point to ssh.exe that ships with windows. Looks like Sublime Merge likes it!

**TheSecEng** · May 27, 2020, 7:02pm

I’m on OS X and had to figure it out as well. Only reason I am aware of this

**michaelblyons** · May 27, 2020, 7:06pm

With OSX, can’t you just UseKeychain yes?

**TheSecEng** · May 27, 2020, 7:43pm

Perhaps, I couldn’t get it working. I had to use an ssh-agent.

**pushxtonotdie** · May 27, 2020, 10:11pm

I believe that should work. I believe I used ssh-add -K which adds the key to your login keychain. Not on mac right now to check tho!

**StrangeNoises** · June 1, 2020, 10:25am

you can also put the path to the git binary in git config --global ssh.corecommand

SSH Pass Phrases