As I recall I needed to connect via putty in order to accept the fingerprint and then after that I was able to connect through msys connect previous to this always stalled at accepting the connection
http://groups.google.com/group/github/browse_thread/thread/21fd06fb8c3f43bd/f5c44b2197d1be15 http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=96 2009/2/7 Tekkub <[email protected]> > Do you need pageant? I just use the same key for ssh that I do for git. > You can also set per-domain options in ~/.ssh/config to use different keys > for different domains. > Yes, you need to use the "your push" url: [email protected]:user/repo.git > > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Ibrahim Awwal <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
