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

> 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.

>
> On 2022-12-15 at 08:38:01, Jean-Michel MERCIER wrote:
> > Hello
>
> Hey,
>
> > 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.
> --
> brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
> Toronto, Ontario, CA

> On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 8:53 AM Jean-Michel MERCIER <jeanmichel.mercier@newsbridge.io> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Brian
>>
>> Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
>> Sorry for bothering
>>
>> Keep the great work and have a great end of year time
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Jean-Michel
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 1:43 AM brian m. carlson
>> <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > On 2022-12-15 at 08:38:01, Jean-Michel MERCIER wrote:
>> > > Hello
>> >
>> > Hey,
>> >
>> > > 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.
>> > --
>> > brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
>> > Toronto, Ontario, CA

> Hi everyone
> 
> Just for the record in the archive if anyone is finding this thread:
> It has been handled :
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/4172
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/453
>