RE: Bug report: parallel fetch tries to unlock SSH keys over and over again

[<rsbecker@nexbridge.com>]

On January 24, 2025 2:47 PM, Perez-Lopez Áron Ricardo wrote:
>What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) git
>fetch --all --tags --prune --jobs=10
>
>What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) Being asked for the password
>of my SSH key, then git updating all of the remotes.
>
>What happened instead? (Actual behavior) I get asked for my SSH key many times
>over, and the fetch does not succeed.
>
>What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
>I should only be asked to unlock my SSH key once. All fetch jobs should wait for this
>and then use the unlocked (cached) key.
>
>Anything else you want to add:
>If I do just `git fetch` and unlock my key (once), it does get added to the SSH agent
>properly, and afterwards I can execute the command above with no issues.
>
>[System Info]
>git version:
>git version 2.48.1
>cpu: x86_64
>no commit associated with this build
>sizeof-long: 8
>sizeof-size_t: 8
>shell-path: /bin/sh
>libcurl: 8.11.1
>OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.4.0 22 Oct 2024
>zlib: 1.3.1
>uname: Linux 6.12.10-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 18 Jan 2025
>02:26:57 +0000 x86_64
>compiler info: gnuc: 14.2
>libc info: glibc: 2.40
>$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash
>
>[Enabled Hooks]

Add your SSH key to your ssh-agent. The agent will prompt for your passphrase.
Git will not do that. Then perform your git fetch operations. You will not be
Prompted by git. If you are using some other credential manager, you will need
To add your key separately.

--Randall