diff --git a/lib/hub.rb b/lib/hub.rb
index fa8239b8069ecff86bf9a1e39ec7402420feb725..baf1f65cd5601dddaf4eb5be1bba8aac6560e7ba 100644
--- a/lib/hub.rb
+++ b/lib/hub.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'hub/version'
 require 'hub/args'
 require 'hub/context'
+require 'hub/ssh_config'
 require 'hub/json'
 require 'hub/commands'
 require 'hub/runner'
diff --git a/lib/hub/context.rb b/lib/hub/context.rb
index b8b9a519812fcb8319defbf0eda75592aed50ac8..fef0b26f234d628536a70aa631fbc97bc6cdb0c5 100644
--- a/lib/hub/context.rb
+++ b/lib/hub/context.rb
@@ -513,91 +513,5 @@ module Hub
     def command?(name)
       !which(name).nil?
     end
-
-    class SshConfig
-      CONFIG_FILES = %w(~/.ssh/config /etc/ssh_config /etc/ssh/ssh_config)
-
-      def initialize files = nil
-        @settings = Hash.new {|h,k| h[k] = {} }
-        Array(files || CONFIG_FILES).each do |path|
-          file = File.expand_path path
-          parse_file file if File.exist? file
-        end
-      end
-
-      # yields if not found
-      def get_value hostname, key
-        key = key.to_s.downcase
-        @settings.each do |pattern, settings|
-          if pattern.match? hostname and found = settings[key]
-            return found
-          end
-        end
-        yield
-      end
-
-      class HostPattern
-        def initialize pattern
-          @pattern = pattern.to_s.downcase
-        end
-
-        def to_s() @pattern end
-        def ==(other) other.to_s == self.to_s end
-
-        def matcher
-          @matcher ||=
-            if '*' == @pattern
-              Proc.new { true }
-            elsif @pattern !~ /[?*]/
-              lambda { |hostname| hostname.to_s.downcase == @pattern }
-            else
-              re = self.class.pattern_to_regexp @pattern
-              lambda { |hostname| re =~ hostname }
-            end
-        end
-
-        def match? hostname
-          matcher.call hostname
-        end
-
-        def self.pattern_to_regexp pattern
-          escaped = Regexp.escape(pattern)
-          escaped.gsub!('\*', '.*')
-          escaped.gsub!('\?', '.')
-          /^#{escaped}$/i
-        end
-      end
-
-      def parse_file file
-        host_patterns = [HostPattern.new('*')]
-
-        IO.foreach(file) do |line|
-          case line
-          when /^\s*(#|$)/ then next
-          when /^\s*(\S+)\s*=/
-            key, value = $1, $'
-          else
-            key, value = line.strip.split(/\s+/, 2)
-          end
-
-          next if value.nil?
-          key.downcase!
-          value = $1 if value =~ /^"(.*)"$/
-          value.chomp!
-
-          if 'host' == key
-            host_patterns = value.split(/\s+/).map {|p| HostPattern.new p }
-          else
-            record_setting key, value, host_patterns
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-      def record_setting key, value, patterns
-        patterns.each do |pattern|
-          @settings[pattern][key] ||= value
-        end
-      end
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/hub/ssh_config.rb b/lib/hub/ssh_config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..580d2b8a8d78ce44f7dc9af6dbeaf3bded22f580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/hub/ssh_config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+module Hub
+  # Reads ssh configuration files and records each setting under its host
+  # pattern so it can be looked up by hostname.
+  class SshConfig
+    CONFIG_FILES = %w(~/.ssh/config /etc/ssh_config /etc/ssh/ssh_config)
+
+    def initialize files = nil
+      @settings = Hash.new {|h,k| h[k] = {} }
+      Array(files || CONFIG_FILES).each do |path|
+        file = File.expand_path path
+        parse_file file if File.exist? file
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Public: Get a setting as it would apply to a specific hostname.
+    #
+    # Yields if not found.
+    def get_value hostname, key
+      key = key.to_s.downcase
+      @settings.each do |pattern, settings|
+        if pattern.match? hostname and found = settings[key]
+          return found
+        end
+      end
+      yield
+    end
+
+    class HostPattern
+      def initialize pattern
+        @pattern = pattern.to_s.downcase
+      end
+
+      def to_s() @pattern end
+      def ==(other) other.to_s == self.to_s end
+
+      def matcher
+        @matcher ||=
+          if '*' == @pattern
+            Proc.new { true }
+          elsif @pattern !~ /[?*]/
+            lambda { |hostname| hostname.to_s.downcase == @pattern }
+          else
+            re = self.class.pattern_to_regexp @pattern
+            lambda { |hostname| re =~ hostname }
+          end
+      end
+
+      def match? hostname
+        matcher.call hostname
+      end
+
+      def self.pattern_to_regexp pattern
+        escaped = Regexp.escape(pattern)
+        escaped.gsub!('\*', '.*')
+        escaped.gsub!('\?', '.')
+        /^#{escaped}$/i
+      end
+    end
+
+    def parse_file file
+      host_patterns = [HostPattern.new('*')]
+
+      IO.foreach(file) do |line|
+        case line
+        when /^\s*(#|$)/ then next
+        when /^\s*(\S+)\s*=/
+          key, value = $1, $'
+        else
+          key, value = line.strip.split(/\s+/, 2)
+        end
+
+        next if value.nil?
+        key.downcase!
+        value = $1 if value =~ /^"(.*)"$/
+        value.chomp!
+
+        if 'host' == key
+          host_patterns = value.split(/\s+/).map {|p| HostPattern.new p }
+        else
+          record_setting key, value, host_patterns
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def record_setting key, value, patterns
+      patterns.each do |pattern|
+        @settings[pattern][key] ||= value
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/hub_test.rb b/test/hub_test.rb
index 91d20243a5a312dba360d4e2beb70fe0b821a346..37fd4b438aea1423be5d7126f36882e0f0ec5e6c 100644
--- a/test/hub_test.rb
+++ b/test/hub_test.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class HubTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     super
     COMMANDS.replace %w[open groff]
     Hub::Context::PWD.replace '/path/to/hub'
-    Hub::Context::SshConfig::CONFIG_FILES.replace []
+    Hub::SshConfig::CONFIG_FILES.replace []
 
     @git_reader = Hub::Context::GitReader.new 'git' do |cache, cmd|
       unless cmd.index('config --get alias.') == 0
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ config
 
     def with_ssh_config
       config_file = File.expand_path '../ssh_config', __FILE__
-      Hub::Context::SshConfig::CONFIG_FILES.replace [config_file]
+      Hub::SshConfig::CONFIG_FILES.replace [config_file]
       yield
     end