I needed a way to start ssh-agent and keep it across terminal sessions. Most desktop environments will do this for you.

To install use pip:

xpip install xontrib-init-ssh-agent
# or: xpip install -U git+https://github.com/theRealBithive/xontrib-init-ssh-agent

xontrib load init_ssh_agent

To kill the ssh_agent use the ssh-agent -k command. n.b. the environment variables will not be unset and a new agent is only started with another terminal session.

Works fine on my PC(tm)

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