Support SSH/config file

Comments: 24

• 07 Sep, '21
  Ed

  Without this feature, I cannot use GitKraken for most of my repositories, since I have multiple bitbucket accounts, and it is impossible to do that without using ssh configurations. I do not know of ONE OTHER GIT TOOL, GUI or Command line, that does NOT support this feature.
  
  I really don't think you folks are naive.. but, the fact that you can't or wont recognize the importance of this feature is increasingly mind boggling.
  
  And -- if one more person suggest I use "profiles" I'll scream. It just shows that you do NOT understand the issue. I'd be happy to 'enlighten you' if that is what it takes..

• 13 Sep, '21
  ajd

  With companies moving to more complex security mechanisms, using ssh bastions in zero trust environments, SSH configs are ABSOLUTELY necessary. If you do not support this, we will be forced to change solutions, and I believe many other companies as well. I need to use proxies and ProxyCommands, something that cannot be done today if you do not honor config settings.

• 27 Sep, '21
  Maros

  When I heard about GitKraken the first time I was sad it didn't have support for .ssh/config, but I was hoping it will be added soon. Right now, most colleagues use GitKraken and recommend it to me, but it's quite unusable unfortunately. Is there a plan in short-to-medium time to include this feature? I am considering whether I should pay for Pro version or wait a bit.

• 01 Oct, '21
  Andrew

  Similar to Ed, without this it is not possible to support multiple Bitbucket accounts. Very annoying.

• 20 Oct, '21
  Cristiam

  I just opened a support ticket because I have this same request. I use several GitHub accounts (the company where I work and my personal account) and GitHub does not allow the same private key to be registered for both accounts, which led me to use the ssh config file. It works very well from the terminal, but being a PRO user of GitKraken and that this does not work directly in the program is very sad.
  
  If you know of another GIt client that allows this task, please share it with me. Thanks!

• 25 Oct, '21
  Larry

  Just chiming in here as well. My paid subscription is basically useless as I have multiple clients, and projects, each requiring bitbucket accounts which can only be managed and used efficiently through a proper SSH config file. Hopefully this is available soon!

• 26 Jan
  mb

  What do we need to do to make this possible? This is really nice feature and it missing is really disappointing. Sure hope this is going to be available in short time. i just don't see the point to continue paying for the service.
  
  Best regards!

• 28 Jan
  Justin

  Really would appreciate this feature. Was told by support to switch to https which isn't always supported by git remotes. I run my own git server just over ssh and do not wish to add https

• 04 Feb
  Alain Janssens

  +1 for me!

• 13 Feb
  Adebiyi Adedotun

  I’m a new GK subscriber and I badly needed GK, and now it’s unusable for me. Sad. If this doesn't get resolved before my subscription runs out, I won't be renewing. It's also annoying that I've paid for something I basically can not use. It really hurts!

• 17 Mar
  John

  This limitation also means you can't easily use GitKraken with 1Password's new SSH agent.
  
  Docs: https://developer.1password.com/docs/ssh/agent/compatibility#gitkraken

• 13 Apr
  Benjamin Heinke

  Totally agree with everyone. Just got my first client that insists on separated SSH keys. I was led to the SSH config file. But I realized quickly that GitKraken doesn't support it. This makes me question if I renew my license when it expires as it's now becoming a key feature and I see so much use of it. Please do not only consider it but prioritize it. Thank you!

• 04 May
  Daniel

  Upvote for SSH_CONFIG support and additionally for shell environment inheritance for things such as local git client environment variables ie GIT_SSH_COMMAND and GIT_AUTHOR ...etc.
  
  I am unable to switch over to GitKraken as my Git GUI without shell environment inheritance or SSH_CONFIG support. As a consultant working on many clients using many SSH keys and GIT_AUTHOR requirements I rely heavily on https://direnv.net/ .envrc files to update my shell environment GIT_ variables based on the parent directory for a client. Allows setting my git author name and email automatically to comply with organization pre-receive hooks. Also setting alternative GIT_SSH_COMMAND such as GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i ~/.ssh/client2/bitbucket" or similar to override the default keys set in ssh_config for github.com and bitbucket.com.

• 16 Jun
  Nick

  I hope this gets more traction, and is implemented soon. I will still use GitKraken personally, but for my company, I can no longer use it due to the fact we need to use the `~/.ssh/config` file to point to the correct repository accounts.

• 02 Jul
  Roobware

  This look like a bug in the GUI. In the 'GitKraken -> Terminal' will the '~/.ssh/config' used for the commands. I think, do fix this bug is not a magical black box. And, for subscribers is this a necessary basic function. I hope the GitKraken Dev Guys will fix this :)

• 08 Jul
  Michael

  This is FUNDAMENTAL to developer work. I work in an organization that has multiple Github Enterprise repos. We also support OSS repos. The TERMINAL knows how to pull the correct ssh config file... the UI needs to know this as well!
  
  This is a HUGE pain point for me now... I can't even recommend GitKraken to anyone at the moment either.

• 12 Jul
  simon

  i cannot believe this is not implemented. completely makes gitkraken unusable. at least state a response why it is hard to implement if so....

• 21 Jul
  Fokke de boer

  I really like Gitkraken, but I'm kind of getting forces to switch because this feature is missing.
  I use multiple Github accounts and Github doesn’t allow you to use the same SSH key on multiple accounts.
  So I have multiple SSH keys for each Github account and added this in the config file.
  But Gitkraken apparently ignores the config file...
  
  I REALLY hope Gitkraken will implement this feature! UPVOTE people

• 30 Jul
  74738

  Yea gitkraken are too busy developing silly things like their glow boards (there are enough better project management tools out there…). Just focus on making your core product properly before everyone just jumps ship to something that just does the job.

• 02 Aug
  Andrew S

  100% Agree this needs to be supported.
  
  I get that you can use profiles inside of GitKraken to specify certs/keys/etc, but then you're trapped within GitKraken, no other tools will work properly, not even the git command line tool.

• 05 Aug
  Nick

  I'd also like this feature. Right now I have to hardcode the ip address of my remote host nickname in my hosts file, and then manually update again whenever that ip changes

• 30 Aug
  Pascal

  I just learned today that it doesnt work.
  Why?

• 09 Sep
  Chandra

  Yeah! I just notice Gitkraken cannot use SSH/config file and I cannot use it for our custom SSH port repository.

• 19 Sep
  Emre

  This is a pretty important missing feature :[
  
  Use case (using multiple GitHub accounts):
  
  # Personal GitHub
  Host github.com
  HostName github.com
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/personal
  
  # Work GitHub
  Host github-work
  HostName github.com
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/work