.ssh/config file for windows (git)

Question

I've been looking for a solution on how I can use multiple ssh keys and I figured out, that it will work with a config file in the .ssh directory, but it doesn't work on windows.

My problem is that I'm using a private key to access a git server, so it looks like this: ssh://[email protected]/directory , it works fine when I'm using TortoiseGit, 'cause there is a possibility to choose the private key.

But I want to use the git rep in my IntelliJ IDEA and there is just the option to use the git native shell and it also works, if I put the key, called id_rsa ,into the .ssh folder. Now I want to use multiple ssh keys (so my key will get the name "id_rsa_test", so how do I configure the .ssh/config file under Windows, that it works with a usual git server?

The most examples I found yet are just for the use with github.

Answer 1

If you use "Git for Windows"

>cd c:Program FilesGitetcssh

add to ssh_config following:

AddKeysToAgent yes
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_test

ps. you need ssh version >= 7.2 (date of release 2016-02-28)