Start-SshAgent Opens a command prompt and hangs the power shell

[abdullah2993]

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import-module posh-git
function global:prompt {
    $realLASTEXITCODE = $LASTEXITCODE

    Write-Host($pwd.ProviderPath) -nonewline

    Write-VcsStatus

    $global:LASTEXITCODE = $realLASTEXITCODE
    return "> "
}

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Start-SshAgent -Quiet

Start-SshAgent -Quiet
opens a command promp and hangs the powershell

[theaquamarine]

What happens when you close the cmd window that appears?

[abdullah2993]

@theaquamarine nothing the command prompt closes but the PowerShell remains non-responsive

[abdullah2993]

@theaquamarine i think it has something to do with win32-openssh.
#258

[dahlbyk]

Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and close this as a duplicate of #258. Keep an eye on PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH#110; in the meantime, the msys OpenSSH stuff has always worked well for me.

[dahlbyk]

PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH#110 (comment):

ssh-agent is reimplemented for Windows as a OS service. check out 5_15_2016 release details

[dahlbyk]

Is anyone using Win32-OpenSSH able to take #295 for a spin to make sure it works as expected for you?