Feature request: allow to set shorthand alias for accounts linked to app

Do you still have the alias in your bashrc? check james-hensons post below about `"\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\username\.bashrc"

Thanks ajm1811, I missed your edit, awesome that it is working for you again!!

I tried also downgrading to 413, deleted all containers and images, shut down wsl, rebooted, but it is still broken. Do you have a value for SSH_AUTH_SOCK in WSL / devcontainer now?

When you open the log from the devcontainer (F1 > Dev Containers: Show Container Log) can you search for ssh-agent there and let me know what you see there?

Thank you for posting  bjoernb​ and ajm1811​ . The setup stopped working a couple of days ago for me too. Downgrading the devcontainer extension to v0.413.0 did not solve the problem unfortunately. Perhaps I have misconfigured something after reinstalling WSL2, Git and VSCode.

I can connect in WSL2 and via CMD but not in the devcontainer. 

ssh-add.exe -l works in WSL and CMD. 

`echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK`  shows nothing is set.

Could you please share your configuration, or let me know if you see something wrong in my configuration to sign commits in the devcontainer using SSH?  

My configuration

Windows 11 Pro 

PS C:\Users\11> wsl -v
WSL version: 2.5.9.0
Kernel version: 6.6.87.2-1
WSLg version: 1.0.66
MSRDC version: 1.2.6074
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.26100.1-240331-1435.ge-release
Windows version: 10.0.26100.4349

Git (Windows)

PS C:\Users\11> git -v
git version 2.50.0.windows.1

"C:\Users\name\.gitconfig"

[core]
  sshCommand = C:/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/ssh.exe

[user]
  name = Firstname Lastname
  email = contact@name.com
  signingkey = ssh-ed25519 ....

[commit]
  gpgsign = true

[gpg]
  format = ssh

"C:\Users\11\.ssh"

/1password/config

# This config file and the *.pub files in this folder are automatically
# generated and managed by 1Password. Any manual edits to this file or
# any *.pub file will be lost.
#
# You can include this file in your main SSH config by adding the
# following line to your ~/.ssh/config file:
#
#   Include ~/.ssh/1Password/config

Match all

/config

VScode

PS C:\Users\11> code --list-extensions --show-versions
github.github-vscode-theme@6.3.5
github.vscode-github-actions@0.27.2
github.vscode-pull-request-github@0.110.0
ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers@0.413.0
quarto.quarto@1.123.0

WSL 2

PS C:\Users\11> wsl --status
Default Distribution: Ubuntu
Default Version: 2

`"\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\username\.bashrc"

# use the 1Password SSH agent on your Windows host to authenticate SSH requests other than Git (see https://developer.1password.com/docs/ssh/integrations/wsl)
alias ssh='ssh.exe'
alias ssh-add='ssh-add.exe'

Git

name@laptop:~$ git -v
git version 2.49.0

"\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\username\.gitconfig"

[core]
	sshCommand = ssh.exe

[user]
  name = Firstname Lastname
  email = contact@name.com
  signingkey = ssh-ed25519 ....

[gpg]
  format = ssh

[commit]
  gpgsign = true

Devcontainer

// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/javascript-node
{
	"name": "Node.js",
	// Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/javascript-node:1-22-bookworm",

	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
	// "features": {},

	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
	// "forwardPorts": [],

	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
	"postCreateCommand": "sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade"

	// Configure tool-specific properties.
	// "customizations": {},

	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
	// "remoteUser": "root"
}

### Git config is copied into devcontainer

[user]
  name = Firstname Lastname
  email = contact@name.com
  signingkey = ssh-ed25519 ....

[gpg]
  format = ssh

[commit]
  gpgsign = true
[credential]
	helper = "!f() { /home/node/.vscode-server/bin/dfaf44141ea9deb3b4096f7cd6d24e00c147a4b1/node /tmp/vscode-remote-containers-ccfd55fa-f7d0-49e1-aad7-ef98b1b25a1c.js git-credential-helper $*; }; f"

.gitconfig (in devcontainer)

[core]
	repositoryformatversion = 0
	filemode = true
	bare = false
	logallrefupdates = true

# Terminal Environment Changes

## Extension: vscode.git

Enables the following features: git auth provider

- `GIT_ASKPASS=/vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64/dfaf44141ea9deb3b4096f7cd6d24e00c147a4b1/extensions/git/dist/askpass.sh`
- `VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_NODE=/vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64/dfaf44141ea9deb3b4096f7cd6d24e00c147a4b1/node`
- `VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_EXTRA_ARGS=`
- `VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_MAIN=/vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64/dfaf44141ea9deb3b4096f7cd6d24e00c147a4b1/extensions/git/dist/askpass-main.js`
- `VSCODE_GIT_IPC_HANDLE=/tmp/user/1000/vscode-git-2a1fd16ae3.sock`

ssh -vT git@github.com causes the container to hang and then reload. 

[239979 ms] Start: Run in container: # Test for /home/node/.gitconfig and git
[240009 ms] 
[240010 ms] 
[240013 ms] Start: Run in container: # Copy /home/name/.gitconfig to /home/node/.gitconfig
[240054 ms] 
[240055 ms] 
[240099 ms] Start: Run in container: # Cleaning up git config
[240156 ms] Removing Git config key: core.sshCommand = ssh.exe
[240157 ms] 
[240166 ms] Start: Run in Host: git config --global --get gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile
[240172 ms] Start: Run in container: command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1 && git config --global --replace-all credential.helper '!f() { /home/node/.vscode-server/bin/dfaf44141ea9deb3b4096f7cd6d24e00c147a4b1/node /tmp/vscode-remote-containers-ccfd55fa-f7d0-49e1-aad7-ef98b1b25a1c.js git-credential-helper $*; }; f' || true
[240204 ms] 
[240205 ms] 
[240213 ms] Start: Run in Host: docker rm -f 9349da6b00183f26bca9531de411c935ceb374a4d4d3a5e6cfae23a1bbda86b7
[445183 ms] Start: Run in container: cat /proc/6785/environ
[550748 ms] Port forwarding connection from 50224 > 35601 > 35601 in the container.
[550749 ms] Start: Run in Host: docker exec -i -u node -e VSCODE_REMOTE_CONTAINERS_SESSION=bce06510-fbe3-4299-98a1-5cfc3ab7418c1750351652939 41fceeb8dc0b4fe0299f5ca01a294293cadf5aa9e0ce68e89621bce8682fcb92 /home/node/.vscode-server/bin/dfaf44141ea9deb3b4096f7cd6d24e00c147a4b1/node -e 
[552063 ms] Start: Reconnection attempt 1
[552064 ms] Start: Reconnecting CLIHost without ExecServer.
[552065 ms] Start: Host: Reconnecting Dev Container server
[552066 ms] Start: Run: wsl -d Ubuntu -e /bin/sh -c cd '/home/name' && /bin/sh
[552100 ms] unexpected end of parent stream
[552108 ms] Container server did not launch or terminated: Error: unexpected end of parent stream
        at Ui.destroy (c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:14:26642)
        at Ui.write (c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:14:27383)
        at source (c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:14:29289)
        at c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:14:29835
        at c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:14:20397
        at Socket.a (c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:17:4611)
        at Socket.emit (node:events:518:28)
        at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:351:12)
[552109 ms] unexpected end of parent stream
[552110 ms] Port forwarding 52530 > 35601 > 35601 terminated with error: unexpected end of parent stream
[552112 ms] Port forwarding 52531 > 35601 > 35601 terminated with error: unexpected end of parent stream
[552113 ms] Keep-alive process ended.
[552121 ms] Port forwarding 52530 > 35601 > 35601: Local close
[552122 ms] Host server terminated (code: null, signal: SIGKILL).
[552123 ms] Host server terminated early. Not reconnecting.
[552127 ms] Port forwarding 52531 > 35601 > 35601: Local close
[552636 ms] Start: Container: Reconnecting Dev Container server
[552638 ms] Start: Run in Host: docker exec -i -u node 41fceeb8dc0b4fe0299f5ca01a294293cadf5aa9e0ce68e89621bce8682fcb92 /bin/sh
[552685 ms] Start: Run in Host: docker inspect --type container 41fceeb8dc0b4fe0299f5ca01a294293cadf5aa9e0ce68e89621bce8682fcb92
[587846 ms] Start: Reconnection attempt 2
[587848 ms] Start: Reconnecting CLIHost without ExecServer.
[587848 ms] Start: Host: Reconnecting Dev Container server
[587850 ms] Start: Run: wsl -d Ubuntu -e /bin/sh -c cd '/home/name' && /bin/sh
[587976 ms] Container server did not launch or terminated: Error: unexpected end of parent stream
        at Ui.destroy (c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:14:26642)
        at Ui.write (c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:14:27383)
        at source (c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:14:29289)
        at c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:14:29835
        at c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:14:20397
        at Socket.a (c:\Users\11\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.413.0\dist\extension\extension.js:17:4611)
        at Socket.emit (node:events:518:28)
        at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:351:12)
[587986 ms] Host server terminated (code: null, signal: SIGKILL).
[587987 ms] Host server terminated early. Not reconnecting.
[588342 ms] Start: Container: Reconnecting Dev Container server
[588343 ms] Start: Run in Host: docker exec -i -u node 41fceeb8dc0b4fe0299f5ca01a294293cadf5aa9e0ce68e89621bce8682fcb92 /bin/sh
[588382 ms] Start: Run in Host: docker inspect --type container 41fceeb8dc0b4fe0299f5ca01a294293cadf5aa9e0ce68e89621bce8682fcb92