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support ssh keys from memory

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c, git, ruby
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by reading libgit2's git_cred_ssh_key_memory_new API and tracing how Rugged currently exposes SSH credentials. Define the Ruby-facing object around the in-memory key inputs and verify that it delegates to the libgit2 credential API; the issue provides no specific file or test to begin with.

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Description

libgit2 already supports ssh keys from memory (https://libgit2.org/libgit2/#HEAD/group/cred/git_cred_ssh_key_memory_new), just need to wrap that with a suitable ruby object

Dominant language
C
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Forks
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