VS Code incessantly invokes an OpenSSH dialog

[MIchaelMainer]

• VSCode Version:1.0.0
• OS Version: 10.0.10586

I'm using the git bash terminal on Windows 10 to work with repos. When I use a repo where I used SSH to connect to the remote repo, I get an OpenSSH dialog that requests my passphrase with 'Enter passphrase for key /c/..id_rsa'. The dialog gives me an OK and Cancel button. I press either one, the dialog goes away. It seems to pop up about every 5 to 10 minutes or so. It is driving me nuts.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Clone a repo in the git bash shell using SSH.
2. From the terminal, open the current repo directory with code . &
3. Within a few seconds, the OpenSSH dialog opens up.
4. I can press OK or Cancel, the dialog goes away. It will pop up again.

[OneOfOne]

Not really a solution, but "git.autofetch": false in your settings.json might help.

[MIchaelMainer]

@OneOfOne Thank you! That removed the annoying dialog prompt scenario.

[joaomoreno]

Disabling auto fetch or setting up a credential manager solves it.

[MIchaelMainer]

Thank you @joaomoreno ... As of today, disabling auto fetch appears to be the only option when using SSH.
microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows#25

[danwulff]

I know this was closed awhile ago, but I thought I'd chime in that this same thing was occurring for me.

Following the top answer here worked for me: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10032461/git-keeps-asking-me-for-my-ssh-key-passphrase

In git bash:

eval $(ssh-agent)
ssh-add

VSCode: 1.12.1
Win 10 Pro: 14393.1198