Specify private SSH-key to use when executing shell command with or without Ruby?

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Published on 2010-12-30T19:42:01Z Indexed on 2010/12/30 19:54 UTC
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A rather unusual situation perhaps, but I want to specify a private SSH-key to use when executing a shell (git) command from the local computer.

Basically like this: git clone [email protected]:TheUser/TheProject.git -key "/home/christoffer/ssh_keys/theuser"

Or even better (in Ruby):

with_key("/home/christoffer/ssh_keys/theuser") do
  sh("git clone [email protected]:TheUser/TheProject.git")
end

I have seen examples of connecting to a remote server with Net::SSH that uses a specified private key, but this is a local command. Is it possible?

Thanks

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