Re: [boost] [git-help] clone asks for passphrase for every library

Subject: Re: [boost] [git-help] clone asks for passphrase for every library
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-30 03:12:39

El 30/12/2013 6:37, Nathan Ridge escribió:

>
> I'm trying out git + modular boost for the first time.
>
> When I try to clone the repository as described here [1],
> I run into a problem where the recursive clone process
> asks me for my SSH key's passphrase for every submodule
> (library) that it is checking out.
>
> Is there a way to avoid this?

In windows I tried this

https://help.github.com/articles/working-with-ssh-key-passphrases

with success to use the command line version. And I used Puttygen 
(installed by TortoiseGit) to transform the OpenSSH private key to a 
Putty-friendly ppk file. Then I use Pageant (installed also by 
TortoiseGit) to type the passphrase once when using TortoiseGit.

The same page contains instructions for Mac and I think you can easily 
deduce the steps for other Unix systems

Best,

Ion