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Using ssh public key forwarding on Mac

I recently had some trouble getting ssh public key forwarding working with Capistrano and my Mac.
I thought it might be helpful for others if I documented it
It’s actually pretty simple.
In your capistrano recipe you need to explicitly state you want to use forwarding:
ssh_options[:forward_agent] = true
and from the command line:
$ ssh-add -l
Hope that helps somebody! [...]

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