Git in Powershell saying 'Could not find ssh-agent'

Question

I have git installed and it works great in the command prompt, but when I open up powershell it gives me this warning:

WARNING: Could not find ssh-agent
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Answer 1

You can add two lines to the top of your profile (type ise $profile) to fix this PoshGit issue without polluting your Path. Then run . $profile to reload your profile.

For 32-bit git

Set-Alias ssh-agent "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\git\bin\ssh-agent.exe"
Set-Alias ssh-add "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\git\bin\ssh-add.exe"

For 64-bit git

Set-Alias ssh-agent "$env:ProgramFiles\git\usr\bin\ssh-agent.exe"
Set-Alias ssh-add "$env:ProgramFiles\git\usr\bin\ssh-add.exe"