From 3b52a825e5b64f53313ef54ed1a832a84986fac8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Fischer <florian.fischer@muhq.space>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:46:54 +0100
Subject: ssh: use systemd to start the ssh-agent

---
 config/fish/config.fish |  2 +-
 setup.py                | 10 ++++++++--
 ssh/ssh-agent.service   | 11 -----------
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 ssh/ssh-agent.service

diff --git a/config/fish/config.fish b/config/fish/config.fish
index 0cd3ddc..d769652 100644
--- a/config/fish/config.fish
+++ b/config/fish/config.fish
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ end
 not set -q VISUAL; and set -q EDITOR; set -x VISUAL $EDITOR
 
 not set -q SSH_KEY_PATH; and set -x SSH_KEY_PATH $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
-not set -q SSH_AUTH_SOCK; set -x SSH_AUTH_SOCK $HOME/.ssh/agent.sock
+not set -q SSH_AUTH_SOCK; set -x SSH_AUTH_SOCK $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ssh-agent.socket
 
 set -x GPG_TTY (tty)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 01c2559..1e93252 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ def fish_config(quiet):
     subprocess.run(["fish", dir_path + "fisher.fish"])
 
 
+def enable_ssh_agent(quiet):
+    """enable the systemd ssh-agent unit for the user session"""
+    if not quiet:
+        print("Enabling ssh-agent user unit")
+    subprocess.run("systemctl --user enable ssh-agent.service", check=True)
+
+
 def vdirsyncer_init(quiet):
     """discover and sync"""
     if not quiet:
@@ -129,8 +136,7 @@ targets = {
             [("bin/alert", local_bin_dir + "/alert"),
              ("bin/set_theme", local_bin_dir + "/set_theme")],
         "ssh":
-            [("ssh/config.gpg", home_dir + "/.ssh/config"),
-             ("ssh/ssh-agent.service", config_dir + "/systemd/user/ssh-agent.service")],
+            [("ssh/config.gpg", home_dir + "/.ssh/config"), enable_ssh_agent],
         "sway":
             [dotfile_loc_helper],
         "terminator":
diff --git a/ssh/ssh-agent.service b/ssh/ssh-agent.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 09144f2..0000000
--- a/ssh/ssh-agent.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=SSH key agent
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-Environment=SSH_AUTH_SOCK=%h/.ssh/agent.sock
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -D -a $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=default.target
-
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