Configure Git to use Plink

git msysgit plink
Terminal58 picture Terminal58 · Jun 6, 2010 · Viewed 47.4k times · Source

I'm trying to configure Git to use Plink. It worked for me many times before. Now, for some reason, this option isn't available to me (it is disabled):

Git Setup Plink option screenshot

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Git a hundred times. Nothing. I can't get to this option enabled.

Answer

andypaxo picture andypaxo · Apr 27, 2012

I just had this problem (with a newer version of Git, 1.7.9). I used the answer from VonC, but only a couple of steps were needed:

  1. Set the environment variable GIT_SSH to the location of plink.exe
  2. Run pagent.exe and load your private key

On 64 bit Windows, the default location for plink is C:\Program Files (x86)\GitExtensions\PuTTY\plink.exe The spaces in the path no longer seem to be a problem.

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