cron git push with ssh key

Question

I setup a ssh key for github account, so I don\'t have to enter the password every time, it works fine. Here is the script I use:

#!/bin/bash
git push origin         


        

Answer 1

Based on your comments, I don't really understand why your script wouldn't work in cron. We can try a few things to clear things up.

Add a configuration in ~/.ssh/config for the user running the cron job like this:

Host github-project1
User git
HostName github.com
IdentityFile /path/to/github.project1.key
#or like this:
#IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github.project1.key

Then in your git working tree add a new remote like this:

git remote add github-project1 github-project1:USER/PROJECT.git

In the url there, github-project1:user/project.git, change only USER and PROJECT to the right values for your project, but leave github-project1 as is: it must match the value of the Host setting in the ssh configuration we just added.

Finally, change the script to use this new remote:

#!/bin/bash
git push github-project1 master

Test the script first in the shell, and then in cron.