Well I would like to use Pageant to manage my ssh private/public keys. I'm going to try to get it to work better with Linux though. So I am not incorrect in that I need the private URL to push changes, correct?
On Feb 6, 3:15 pm, Tekkub <[email protected]> wrote: > Unless you have a very good reason to use putty, I would reinstall msysgit > and stick with the default openssh. Putty just complicates the whole > process from what I've seen, and causes this "bad line length character" for > some users. > If you must use putty there is a solution for this, but a quick googling > isn't pulling it up. I can dig a bit if you want, but I'd recommend trying > openssh first. > > Tekkub > Github General Support > http://support.github.com/ > Join us on IRC: #github on freenode.net > Discussion group: [email protected] > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Ibrahim Awwal <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hi guys, I'm trying to learn how to use git. I would have tried it > > before but I had heard it was slow/buggy on Windows, and while I am > > fairly proficient with Linux and dual boot, I do prefer Windows > > overall. But that's beside the point, as msysgit should be working for > > me but isn't. I suspect it has something to do with my public key > > authentication setup. Here are the details: > > > My repository is here:https://github.com/ibrahima/worldwiideweb/tree > > > I was writing some code in C and I had been storing it in a Google > > Code SVN repository. But then I heard about msysgit so I wanted to > > move it to github, because I liked the idea of git/github. So I > > downloaded msysgit, and I already had putty so I created a new public/ > > private key pair using Pageant and added the public key to my github > > account. Then, I had github import my SVN repo from Google Code, and > > after several days, it finally finished (which was odd, since there > > are only 3 source files and a few eclipse project files, and only 8 > > revisions total). Next, I tried to use my github private url and msys > > git bash to clone the newly imported repository, but it failed with > > the following error: > > "fatal: protocol error: bad line length character" > > > I do have pageant running with my private key loaded. I am suspecting > > that it's an authentication problem because I can clone from my public > > URL, but unless I'm mistaken I should use the private URL if I want to > > actually commit things? Unless the private URL is only for use with > > private projects. I also get errors when I try to clone the private > > URL in linux, so I'm not sure what's wrong. Thanks for the help. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitHub" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/github?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
