A minimal set of configuration to use an SSH key stored in 1Password with Git (and Dev Containers).

01_zprofile

# ~/.zprofile
#
# Rather than follow 1Password's recommendation to configure this in ~/.ssh/config, override
# macOS' default SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable. In testing, this configuration allowed
# for Visual Studio Code's Dev Containers extension to reliably connect to the host machine's
# SSH agent.
#
# ~/.zprofile (or ~/.bash_profile) is the recommended location, but other files sourced
# by your shell _might_ work.

export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="${HOME}/Library/Group Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.1password/t/agent.sock"

02_gitconfig

# ~/.gitconfig
#
# Ensure you have a current version of Git installed (v2.43.0 is known good). Commit signing 
# with SSH keys was added recently.

[commit]
  gpgSign = true
[gpg]
  format = ssh
[gpg "ssh"]
  allowedSignersFile = ~/.ssh/allowed_signers
[tag]
  gpgSign = true
[user]
  name = FirstName LastName
  email = [email protected]
  signingKey = key::ssh-ed25519 <public_key_from_1password>
  

03_ssh_allowed_signers

# ~/.ssh/allowed_signers
#
# You can add as many lines to this file as you'd like in the format detailed below. Maybe
# add all of your teammates' public keys so that their signed Git commits will display as
# verified when invoking commands like `git show --show-signature`, `git log --show-signature`,
# etc. etc. etc.

[email protected] ssh-ed25519 <public_key_from_1password>

In 1Password 8 (or newer), enable the following settings for maximum convenience:

• General: "Keep 1Password in the menu bar"
• Developer: "Use the SSH agent"
• Developer: "Ask for approval for each new application"
• Developer: "Remember key approval until 1Password locks"
• Developer: "Display key names when authorizing connections"

Note

If you're migrating from an existing setup, you may want to disable, comment-out, or otherwise remove any existing configuration in ~/.ssh/config.

Additionally, you may want (or need) to remove the credential.helper setting in ~/.gitconfig. On macOS, this setting is often configured to osxkeychain.