# What should I do when asked for a private key loaction when adding a private repository on windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-should-i-do-when-asked-for-a-private-key-loaction-when-adding-a-private-repository-on-windows/29201>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [September 26, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-should-i-do-when-asked-for-a-private-key-loaction-when-adding-a-private-repository-on-windows/29201 "2019-09-26T14:12:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![fieldofnodes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fieldofnodes/32/15858_2.png) [@fieldofnodes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fieldofnodes)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-should-i-do-when-asked-for-a-private-key-loaction-when-adding-a-private-repository-on-windows/29201/21 "2025-02-27T22:40:46Z")

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This what I do

> <https://gist.github.com/fieldofnodes/5ba907c073acbbac5a694df0d3d71f37>

I am not sure why it works.

I only need to do it when I am running WSL2 and using ubuntu.

On my Linux machine it is never an issue.

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