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fix(ssh-agent): add honor-existing to reuse a running agent (#14049)

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@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ To enable **agent forwarding support** add the following to your zshrc file:
zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent agent-forwarding yes
```
### `honor-existing`
If your session already provides an ssh-agent — a desktop keyring, `gpg-agent`,
KeePassXC, or an agent forwarded over SSH — the plugin normally ignores it and
starts one of its own, which leaves you with two agents. Set this to reuse the
running agent instead, and only start a new one when `$SSH_AUTH_SOCK` is empty
or does not answer:
```zsh
zstyle :omz:plugins:ssh-agent honor-existing yes
```
### `helper`
To set an **external helper** to ask for the passwords and possibly store