How to use Windows ssh-agent on a WSL2 distribution to avoid entering SSH key passphrases?

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  • npiperelay

    npiperelay allows you to access Windows named pipes from WSL

    • Are you talking about npiperelay? In the README you'll see you need to install socat in WSL2 to communicate with it. Sorry if I've misunderstood.

  • wsl2-ssh-pageant

    Discontinued bridge between windows pageant and wsl2

    • I use PuTTY's pageant and https://github.com/BlackReloaded/wsl2-ssh-pageant to share keys between environments but you still need to enter your passphrase at power-on. Window's ssh-agent looks like a better solution. No need to re-enter the passphrase and no need to keep the private key around.

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