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Intellij - Git Push via UI fails when private key contains a passphrase

It seems that when I use an ssh key with a passphrase, I am unable to push changes to github via the IntelliJ UI. I get the following error: 

"Push failed: Failed with error: fatal: Could not read from remote repository."

But when I push through the command line, it works because I get prompted to input the passphrase.

I have already tried setting the GIT_SSH environment variable to point to TortoiseGitPlink.exe (I'm using an ssh agent) but still I get the same error.

Is there any other way for making this work?

Solution

  • I ran into the same issue. ssh-agent and ssh-pageant work for commandline but not intellij.

    The final solution for me is to create another ssh key pairs without passphrase (just press "Enter" when you are prompted with the "entering your passphrase" window).

    If security is one of your main concerns, you can use the commandline git plus ssh-agent.