Remember git passphrase in WSL

Question

I run Windows 10 with WSL. I have the desired behaviour on one computer, but cannot replicate elsewhere. Here\'s what I\'m after:

1. First time I run a remote g

Answer 1

I tried both methods in previous answers (as well as others found elsewhere) on WSL 2 and they either did not work or had caveats I couldn't live with. This is what worked for me.

Install keychain:

sudo apt install keychain

Then add the following line to your shell's configuration file (likely ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc):

eval `keychain --quiet --eval --agents ssh id_rsa`

Now you will only have to enter your password when booting WSL!

Thank you Birk Holland for this article.