TortoiseGit trouble shooting

TortoiseGit trouble shooting

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1. TortoisePlink

introduction To provide an improved experience to any Git GUI using the command-line tools, this packaging of TortoiseGit’s customized plink provides a simple way to install TortoisePlink without the full TortoiseGit package.

Setup Improved SSH interaction is as simple as downloading and installing TortoisePlink. But a few things should be checked.

1. Ensure that the SSH, GIT_SSH, SVN_SSH, and CVS_RSH environment variables are not set for the user or system.
2. Ensure that you are running the build of PuTTY that matches that of TortoisePlink if you want to use Peagent for you SSH keys.
3. Ensure the VCS clients you are using, such as Git, do not have a specific SSH client specified.
2. How to set up SSH auth with Windows/git/tortoisegit/putty/Synology

Make sure you have followed heavyd directions on the ssh keys. Windows Git AND TortoiseGit require 2 environment variables set in Windows. (replace with your paths if different)

1. GIT_SSH=C:\Program Files\TortoiseGIT\bin\TortoiseGitPlink.exe
2. SVN_SSH=C:\Program Files\TortoiseGIT\bin\TortoiseGitPlink.exe
3. You also need to make sure the PLINK_PROTOCOL is not being overridden. Otherwise, PLINK_PROTOCOL=ssh