Thanks for the help. I deleted the GIT_SSH environment variable and all is working fine.
On Feb 7, 3:42 pm, Tekkub <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm on windows too, I've never had any issues with msysgit and openssh. > > On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Ibrahim Awwal <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Well, I'm on Windows, so I'm not sure whether that works but I will > > give it a try. I don't use ssh exactly, I use putty so I'm not sure if > > that makes a difference but I'm assuming it does. > > > On Feb 6, 6:48 pm, Tekkub <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
