option to specify ssh keys when installing

I have a couple private repos on github that I install by doing pip install git+ssh://://[e-mail]/whatever/repo

This works great when installing into a virtualenv, but on a single purpose server you want to install it globally. That meas you have to use sudo, which also means pip will try to use the root user’s ssh keys, which is probably not added to your github repository. It would be nice to have a --key argument or something where you can specify the ssh key path to use for such operations. It sucks to have to backup the root’s ssh directory, copy over mine, then install, then restore each time.

[pfmoore]

@jeffrey-cochran Well, no-one contributed a patch, or put much effort into trying to make a strong case for adding the feature. The pip maintainers are all volunteers, and have their own priorities (not all of which revolve around pip!), so if community members feel a feature is useful, they need to be prepared to contribute.

Closing the issue helps us to focus on things where there is a realistic possibility of something getting implemented. A tracker with masses of unresolved issues is harder to manage, reducing even further the amount of time and motivation available to the developers.

I appreciate that a resolution of “we’re not going to address this” is not your preferred outcome, but I doubt that an open issue that gets ignored is any likely to suit you.

[jeffrey-cochran]

Disappointed this was closed. @pfmoore thanks. I understand. I hold no personal grudge and greatly value the features that folks do have time to implement. I’m commenting to make it known that at least one more user finds this valuable enough to mention it.