Working with Git and pushing onto online repositories such as Github? Entering the password each time you push is painful. Instead, use the SSH agent to remember the key, for the period of a session.

$ ssh-agent urxvt &

A new terminal window will appear. You can close the old terminal window, if you want. In the new terminal window, do the following

$ ssh-add
Enter passphrase for ...
Identity added: ...

Done! The new terminal will preserve your key until you close it.

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