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Asked: 2026-05-17T20:55:00+00:00

How do i run ssh-add key sudo hg clone hg@bitbucket.org/etc/etc but use my ssh

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How do i run
ssh-add key
sudo hg clone hg@bitbucket.org/etc/etc

but use my ssh keys and not the superusers.

Hey everyone, when i use sudo with for example, sudo hg clone hg@bitbucket.org/etc/etc after i have added a key to my user account it doesnt work. I remember this is because the sudo is ran as the superuser but that user cannot have keys added to it. I remember setting some directive (im using debian) that allowed me to run that command as sudo, but still have my ssh keys taken from my normal user account but i didnt make a note of it at the time. Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The answer by Ry4an pointed me in the right direction but I found that with the current version (1.6.4) of Hg at least, you need to put --ssh (or the equivalent -e) after the hg command.

    e.g.

    hg clone -e 'ssh -i /path/to/key' ssh://user@host/path
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