SVN+SSH, not having to do ssh-add every time? (Mac OS)

Question

I know the answer is out there, but I\'m pretty Unix-dumb and probably wouldn\'t recognize the solution if it hit me in the face.

I\'m on a Mac, connecting to a SVN

Answer 1

sshkeychain is one possibility. installs fine with macports using:

sudo port install sshkeychain

it uses the keychain to store passwords, and you may simply launch it at the start-up of your login session (using at the first launch the usual right-ght click in the dock's icon + "launch at startup")

Note that Apple's svn uses keychain to store passwords but not necessarily the svn binary you would build with macports.