Hi, No, I think the required information is more like this:
--8<---- You can use PuttyGen to generate the key. However, if you are using OpenSSH rather than pageant, you will need to export a suitable private key (from one of the menus at the top of PuttyGen) and save it as id_rsa, and copy-and-paste the public key from PuttyGen's GUI (it shows but won't save a suitable version for OpenSSH) and save that as id_rsa.pub. This is because Putty uses a slightly different format for the key than OpenSSH does. If git is going to run in unattended mode as a service, you must use OpenSSH instead of pageant because pageant requires an open session. To do so: - Set the HOME environment variable to the directory where the .ssh directory will be found. Make sure the key in the .ssh directory is called id_dsa or id_rsa and is in OpenSSH format. - Set GIT_SSH=C:\Program Files\Git\bin\ssh.exe. Usually setting GIT_SSH explicitly is not required, just make sure the variable value is not pointing to plink (i. e. not GIT_SSH=C:\Program Files\PuTTY\plink.exe) --8<---- I'll blog about this, it's one of those stupid issues that makes you waste a lot of time. On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Ruben Willems <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > you mean adding : > > So, I'd recommend changing your git config to use OpenSSH rather than > pageant. If nothing else, you won't need to worry about starting pageant. > > You can use PuttyGen to generate the key. However, if you are using OpenSSH > rather than pageant, you will need to export a suitable private key (from > one of the menus at the top of PuttyGen) and save it as id_rsa, and > copy-and-paste the public key from PuttyGen's GUI (it shows but won't save a > suitable version for OpenSSH) and save that as id_rsa.pub. This is because > Putty uses a slightly different format for the key than OpenSSH does. > > in the 'Using Git on Windows' section of the docs? > and a link to the article? > > > just want to know, because I did not set up our build server, so I do not > know what the exact problem is > > > with kind regards > Ruben Willems > > On 4 November 2011 11:36, Matthias Hurrle <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 4 Nov., 11:01, Pau Garcia i Quiles <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I found that thread yesterday afternoon and it indeed works. >> Great! >> >> > Maybe that information is worth adding to >> > http://www.cruisecontrolnet.org/projects/ccnet/wiki/Git (I cannot >> > edit). >> >> Add it to your git tutorial slides or write a blog post and ask Ruben >> Willems to reference it. >> >> @Ruben: maybe you can help. In my opinion it is surely worth to add >> that information to the wiki. > -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)
