I am having trouble getting git/tortoisegit to use my supplied ssh key (created using PuttyGen). In the command prompt I get a permission denied
error, and in the TortoiseGit UI I get prompted for a password. I tried this SO question, but as stated, I created with PuttyGen, have Pageant running with my keys loaded, and am configured to use TortoisePlink.
I then found this SO question, and tried to use the ssh in the git directory, the TortoisePlink in my TortoiseHG (used for Bitbucket/Mercurial), and as stated, had already tried the local TortoisePlink in TortoiseGit.
Oh, and I did set up my ppk in my Git account, as well as, in the Git->Remote section of TortoiseGit
So, what am I missing?
Check what your origin url is.
Right click on your project folder
TortoiseGit
-> Settings
-> Choose Git
-> Remote
and select the origin entry.
Check that the url starts with ssh://
and that your private key is loaded.
If the url starts with https://
then it will ask you for your password every time.
Hope this helps.