The problem is not with accepting the server's fingerprint, I already had that problem and fixed that part. But thanks for the hint. It is a common problem with msysgit and should probably be addressed.
On Feb 6, 7:18 pm, Sam Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/21fd06fb8c...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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
