tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679854510689771184.post7704249218304299246..comments2023-06-26T05:50:53.337-07:00Comments on David Grayson's blog: Getting git 1.8.0 to work with PuTTY/plink/pageant 0.62DavidEGraysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14463390566152982599noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679854510689771184.post-19144418559442521872014-04-14T13:22:44.080-07:002014-04-14T13:22:44.080-07:00Hmm, I don't follow. I would think that the co...Hmm, I don't follow. I would think that the communication to the agent would be handled by the SSH executable, and that the SSH executable should be specifiable with the GIT_SSH environment variable. I don't know why it wasn't working for me when I wrote this post; it started working later when I wrote this better post:<br /><br />http://blog.davidegrayson.com/2013/04/git-and-putty-in-windows.htmlDavidEGraysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463390566152982599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679854510689771184.post-2658937802525842762014-04-14T12:49:42.029-07:002014-04-14T12:49:42.029-07:00The reason it doesn't work is because msysgit ...The reason it doesn't work is because msysgit uses OpenSSH, which differs in agent protocol than what PuTTY uses (plink & pageant). OpenSSH won't recognize .ppk files, which is why you must choose "Conversion > OpenSSH" in pageant in order to get the same key to work with the OpenSSH protocol.<br /><br />In essence, you deleted OpenSSH and replaced it with the plink agent. Nice trick =]Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15726231755273024902noreply@blogger.com