Having to enter passwords for each git pull and git push command is very time consuming when you use Git Bash on PC

PowerShell on PC does not have this problem where the user set the running environment for SSH Agent:

Start-Service ssh-agent
ssh-add "$env:USERPROFILE\.ssh\id_ed25519"

• When I use the Git Bash program on PC, though I have set up SSH key correctly, each time I must type in password when I git pull or git push.

• When I reopen VS Code or Git Bash, the below command will return The agent has no identities. message.

  ssh-add -l

• So that each time I have to add the SSH key to the agent again by the command below:

  eval $(ssh-agent -s)

  and then

  ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

• To fix this I learn that I can create or modify the .bashrc aka Bash Shell Profile to tell Git Bash to run a script each time I open a new Git Bash terminal automatically.

• Create a .bashrc file in your Home directory, open it and paste the script below via VS Code:

  # Start SSH agent and add key, if not already running
  if ! [ -x "$(command -v ssh-agent)" ]; then
    echo 'Error: ssh-agent is not installed.' >&2
  else
    agent_running=false
  
    if [ "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
      # Check if the agent can be accessed by running a dummy command
      ssh-add -l > /dev/null 2>&1
      if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        agent_running=true
      fi
    fi
  
    if [ "$agent_running" = "false" ]; then
      eval $(ssh-agent -s)
      ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
    fi
  fi

• IMPORTANT Once the file is saved in your root directory, you'll need to source the .bashrc file in your Git Bash terminal by the command below:

  source ~/.bashrc

• Now you only need to enter password the first time you open the Git Bash terminal until you close it again.