Why is a password asked in Git Source Control when there is an SSH key?

I have a Git repository, and when I try to use Source Control integration in MATLAB, it always asks for a password. I have installed the ssh keys, and those work fine in Git for Windows terminal. The keys are placed in the correct location. I have the correct "HOME" environment variable. The output of command "git config --list":

diff.astextplain.textconv=astextplain
filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f
filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f
filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process
filter.lfs.required=true
http.sslbackend=openssl
http.sslcainfo=C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
core.autocrlf=true
core.fscache=true
core.symlinks=false
credential.helper=manager
user.name=****************
user.email=****************core.symlinks=false
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=false
core.logallrefupdates=trueremote.origin.url=http://****************.com/test/matlab.gitremote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
branch.master.remote=origin
branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master

How to get rid of the password prompt?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

As it can be seen in the 'remote.origin.url' above, the URL is on HTTP protocol and for SSH authentication, you need an SSH URL.

There are 5 kinds of git servers: [ Read more here: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-The-Protocols ]

• Local
• HTTP [You are currently using]
• HTTPS
• GIT
• SSH [This is what you need to override password]

With that said, to overcome this issue, your URL should look like this:

ssh://[user@]server/project.git    OR   [user@]server:project.git 

Additional troubleshooting steps:

• If you follow these steps: Please run the following command in the command window of MATLAB R2020a to access the release-specific documentation:

  >> web(fullfile(docroot, 'matlab/matlab_prog/set-up-git-source-control.html'))

  , then you should have a HOME environment variable set that points to a folder containing a sub-folder .ssh, which in turn should contain your ssh keys. You can run the command "getenv('HOME')" to confirm that this environment variable is set up correctly.
• Always run "ssh-keygen" in command prompt and not in git cmd.
• Make sure you added/registered the keys with your git server.
• Sometimes a proxy in your network can cause issues.

Please follow the below link to search for the required information regarding the current release:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/