Hi, My blog is http://www.elpauer.org but I have not blogged about this yet. I'll send an e-mail when it's ready.
Thank you On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Ruben Willems <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > ok, I'll put this in, > and check your blog afterwards > > what's the url ? > > with kind regards > Ruben Willems > > On 4 November 2011 13:04, Pau Garcia i Quiles <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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) > > -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)
