shell: it probably makes more sense to start ssh-agent in ~/.profile

[~bandali/configs] / .profile

diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 4ca1d4b..3b0071f 100644 (file)
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ if [ -z "$IS_GUIX_SYSTEM" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+# start an ssh-agent (with guix's openssh)
+if [ -z "$IS_GUIX_SYSTEM" ]; then
+    if ! pgrep -u "$USER" ssh-agent > /dev/null; then
+        ssh-agent > ~/.ssh-agent-thing
+    fi
+    if [[ ! "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]]; then
+        eval "$(<~/.ssh-agent-thing)"
+    fi
+fi
+
 setxkbmap \
     -layout us,ir \
     -option ctrl:nocaps \