Re: feature-request: silently stops ssh-agent.exe when upgrading (windows)

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Dec 16, 2022, 00:42 UTC
Message-ID: <Y5u/E04V0QWQTDhu@tapette.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAOLx1BgQinzZBkHvvmDrGUedEyQa_7ZVsyVGmWjF4gYhxc3P+w@mail.gmail.com>

On 2022-12-15 at 08:38:01, Jean-Michel MERCIER wrote:

> Hello

Hey,

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> I've looked in the public-inbox archive without finding any similar request.
> 
> I believe it is a bit annoying that upgrading git-scm always generates
> an error when ssh-agent.exe is still running. User than have to open
> the Task Manager, find the task and kill it.
> 
> Could you consider silently stopping ssh-agent during an upgrade, and
> may be restarting it afterward ?
> Most installer do that or at least offer the user to do it to allow
> seamless upgrading.

The Git project doesn't distribute any binaries at all, and it doesn't distribute OpenSSH. It distributes source code for Git, and that's all.

It sounds like you're using Git for Windows, which does distribute binaries, both of Git and OpenSSH. If you have feedback for them, you'll probably want to use their issue tracker (https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues) and, if it hasn't already been reported, you can request a change there.

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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA