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Re: Git GUI bug?

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Apr 17, 2008, 06:08 UTC
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<20080417060843.GO29771@spearce.org>
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Dill <sarpulhu@gmail.com> wrote:
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> When trying to push a repo using git gui to Github it opens a new
> window saying pushing branch and working....please wait...Push works
> if I do it by command line and I think the bug may be related to
> public/private keys? Git GUI never asks for a password for when I
> upload the repo. Am I doing something wrong? (When I click sign off in
> Git gui it shows the correct name). I'm using msysGit 1.5.5. Thanks.

git-gui doesn't offer a way to feed a password to SSH, so you need to use an ssh agent to load your key and bypass the SSH password prompt.

-- 
Shawn.
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