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Xeoncross
Asked: 2010-06-21 16:28:48 +0800 CST

Setting up Git over SSH on Windows using a non-standard port

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I had to switch from Ubuntu so that I could use Adobe Suite at full speed and now I'm finding that SSH on windows is not as unified as on linux.

So I installed msysgit and putty but I'm finding that git is having trouble using putty for SSH. (I did install msysgit on the windows path and using plink).

I am trying to add a remote on my git project now to a server on a non-standard port by using a /.ssh/config file like

Host 255.255.255.255
Port 22222

Then I add the data to my git repo:

git remote add origin [email protected]:~/git/repo

But when I try to push I get an error message.

$ git push origin master
FATAL ERROR: Network error: Connection refused
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

So then I tried just using SSH from the git console:

ssh [email protected]

Which prompts me for my private key passphrase (which it doesn't have) and when I fail at that it asks me for my SSH user password (which works).

Since I am going to disable SSH login by password I need git to start using my key correctly.

windows ssh putty git

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I have a similar workflow but use gitosis to manage the repo on my VPS.

    I use the msysgit bash with the windows path and plink as you suggest above but in addition I use pagent to manage the SSH key.

    To access my repos this is the order I take,

    • Open Pagent and access my key (you only enter the passphrase here once if you have one and even if you do it remembers it for the whole session).
    • Then open Git bash and add/commit/push/pull/clone as normal.

    One caveat I will note is that I had to convert the key I created with the Git bash using Putty Gen (available on the same link above) so that Pagent could use it.

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  2. I wasn't specifying the connection string correctly.

    $ git remote add test ssh://[email protected]:22222/~/git/repo

    I also didn't have pagent running to manage my keys for me. ;)

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  3. If you can accept not having a passphrase on that key, you could removing the passphrase... otherwise this question might provide some guidance.

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