Demystifying SSH configuration for remote software forges on Guix System

[Ashvith Shetty <ashvithshetty10@gmail.com>]

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I would like to understand the process for configuring SSH for software
forges, like Forgejo, GitLab or GitHub. So far, what I've noticed is that
by itself, SSH does not work properly, and that after opening a new
terminal session (window or tab, it does not matter), I am forced to repeat
the following step every time, before any pull or push:

```console
$ eval $(ssh-agent -s)
$ ssh-add <path-to-private-key>
```

Before I continue any further, I wanted to let you folks know that
presently, I am on XFCE4. I don't remember clearly if GNOME Desktop did
some magic behind the back, or if I had to repeat similar steps over there,
because I've not touched Git for some time.

I've tried adding GNOME Keyring as a service in the latest system
configuration (of course, with XFCE4), assuming that this missing service
was what I should have probably added, but that does not seem to be the
case. What am I missing over here?

And finally, I've come across `home-openssh-service-type` - which I've yet
to try, but reading from the docs, am I supposed to put my private and
public keys in the repository? How do I go about this? Isn't that a
security risk?

Thanks,
Ashvith

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