I interpreted the "public key" error (as did others) to be an ssh issue. For a publicly readable approach this seems to work:
[dhcp-90-166:python/matplotlib/git] dale% git clone git://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git Cloning into matplotlib... remote: Counting objects: 57725, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (13597/13597), done. remote: Total 57725 (delta 44284), reused 57317 (delta 43924) Receiving objects: 100% (57725/57725), 81.69 MiB | 2.67 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (44284/44284), done. [dhcp-90-166:python/matplotlib/git] dale% ll total 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 dale staff 102 Feb 8 13:20 . drwxr-xr-x 5 dale staff 170 Feb 8 13:08 .. drwxr-xr-x 33 dale staff 1122 Feb 8 13:21 matplotlib [dhcp-90-166:python/matplotlib/git] dale% -Dale On Feb 8, 2012, at 13:13 , John Hunter wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Tony Yu <tsy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > git clone g...@github.com:matplotlib/matplotlib.git matplotlib.git > > did not go through. > > - Chris > > > I don't think you want the ".git" at the very end of the clone command. That > just tells get where (i.e. new directory) to put the repo. > > > I don't think that is the problem. I just add the .git extension because the > default is to check out a directory called "matplotlib" which if it is > located in the path you are running or testing from, will confuse the import. > So I just add some extension so python won't confuse the mpl src dir > ("matplotlib.git") with the mpl package ("matplotlib"). > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d_______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users