diff --git a/plugins/Git/git.cpp b/plugins/Git/git.cpp
index 8ce3ec9..ce29a1e 100644
--- a/plugins/Git/git.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Git/git.cpp
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@ bool Git::clone(QString url, QString path, cred_type mode)
         return false;
     }
     auto v =  overload {
-        [](const HTTP & x)        { return "HTTP"; },
-        [](const HTTPUserPass & x)    { return "HTTPAuth"; },
-        [](const SSHPass & x)     { return "SSHAuth"; },
-        [](const SSHKey & x)      { return "SSHKey"; },
+        [](const HTTP & x)        { UNUSED(x); return "HTTP"; },
+        [](const HTTPUserPass & x)    { UNUSED(x); return "HTTPAuth"; },
+        [](const SSHKey & x)      { UNUSED(x); return "SSHKey"; },
     };
     qDebug() << "Creating clone Job  " << url << " " << path << " " << std::visit(v, mode);
     CloneJob *clone_job = new CloneJob(url, path, mode);
diff --git a/plugins/Git/jobs/gitjob.cpp b/plugins/Git/jobs/gitjob.cpp
index 53536e8..3c6f809 100644
--- a/plugins/Git/jobs/gitjob.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Git/jobs/gitjob.cpp
@@ -18,36 +18,57 @@ GitJob::~GitJob()
     git_libgit2_shutdown();
 }
 
+bool GitJob::getUsername(char **username, QString maybe_username, const char *username_from_url)
+{
+    if (username_from_url) {
+        *username = strdup(username_from_url);
+        return true;
+    } else if (!maybe_username.isNull()) {
+        *username = maybe_username.toLocal8Bit().data();
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 int GitJob::credentialsCB(git_cred **out, const char *url, const char *username_from_url,
                           unsigned int allowed_types, void *payload)
 {
+    UNUSED(url);
     cred_type *cred = (cred_type *)payload;
+
+    if (!username_from_url) {
+        qWarning() << "[GitJob] credentials_cb : no username provided ";
+        return (int) GIT_EUSER;
+    }
+
     auto v =  overload {
         [](const HTTP & x)
         {
-            qDebug() << "[GitJob] credentialsCB : HTTP ";
-            qWarning() << "[GitJob] credentialsCB : callback should never be call for HTTP ";
+            UNUSED(x);
+            qDebug() << "[GitJob] credentialsCB : None ";
+            qWarning() << "[GitJob] credentialsCB : callback should never be call for None ";
             return (int) GIT_EUSER;
         },
-        [&out, &username_from_url](const HTTPUserPass & x)
+        [allowed_types, &out, &username_from_url](const HTTPUserPass & x)
         {
             qDebug() << "[GitJob] credentialsCB : HTTPUserPass ";
-            if (!username_from_url) {
-                qWarning() << "[GitJob] credentials_cb : no username provided ";
+            if (!(allowed_types & GIT_CREDTYPE_USERPASS_PLAINTEXT)) {
+                qWarning() << "[GitJob] credentials_cb : allowed_types is invalid for HTTPUserPass ";
                 return (int) GIT_EUSER;
             }
             return git_cred_userpass_plaintext_new(out, username_from_url, x.pass.toLocal8Bit().constData());
         },
-        [](const SSHPass & x)
+        [allowed_types, &out, &username_from_url](const SSHKey & x)
         {
-            qWarning() << "[GitJob] credentials_cb : SSHAuth to be implemented ";
-            return (int) GIT_EUSER;
-        }, // TODO
-        [](const SSHKey & x)
-        {
-            qWarning() << "[GitJob] credentials_cb : SSHKey to be implemented ";
-            return (int) GIT_EUSER;
-        }  // TODO
+            qDebug() << "[GitJob] credentialsCB : SSHKey ";
+            if (!(allowed_types & GIT_CREDTYPE_SSH_KEY)) {
+                qWarning() << "[GitJob] credentials_cb : allowed_types is invalid for HTTPUserPass ";
+                return (int) GIT_EUSER;
+            }
+            return git_cred_ssh_key_new(out, username_from_url, x.pub_key.toLocal8Bit().constData(),
+                                        x.priv_key.toLocal8Bit().constData(), x.passphrase.toLocal8Bit().constData());
+        }
     };
-    return std::visit(v, *cred);
+    auto error = std::visit(v, *cred);
+    return error;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/Git/jobs/gitjob.h b/plugins/Git/jobs/gitjob.h
index 8f0fe10..a56f74e 100644
--- a/plugins/Git/jobs/gitjob.h
+++ b/plugins/Git/jobs/gitjob.h
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <variant>
 
 // Forward declarations for the different credential types.
-struct HTTP { };
+struct HTTP {};
 struct HTTPUserPass {
     QString pass; ///< Password for HTTP user authentication.
 };
-struct SSHPass { };
-struct SSHKey { };
+struct SSHKey {
+    QString pub_key; ///< public key path.
+    QString priv_key; ///< private key path.
+    QString passphrase; ///< key passphrase.
+};
+
+
 
 /**
  * @brief Variant type to represent various types of credentials.
@@ -21,10 +26,9 @@ struct SSHKey { };
  * This type is used to store one of the following credential types:
  * - HTTP
  * - HTTPUserPass
- * - SSHPass
  * - SSHKey
  */
-typedef std::variant<HTTP, HTTPUserPass, SSHPass, SSHKey> cred_type;
+typedef std::variant<HTTP, HTTPUserPass, SSHKey> cred_type;
 
 /**
  * @class GitJob
diff --git a/plugins/Git/utils.h b/plugins/Git/utils.h
index 4e7f9cb..77b3b38 100644
--- a/plugins/Git/utils.h
+++ b/plugins/Git/utils.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef UTILS_H
 #define UTILS_H
 
+#define UNUSED(x) (void)(x)
+
 /**
  * @brief A utility structure for enabling function overloading with template-based classes.
  * see : https://stackoverflow.com/a/64018031