From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:43:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Bug in git-gui
Message-ID: <67cf0658-f0ee-f141-534c-3081b818545a@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <69e3564e-3314-4a6e-b489-11a96022e08c@gmail.com>

Hi Clemens,

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024, Clemens Haffner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think I found a bug in git-gui on Windows (Windows 10 64 bit)
>
> git-gui Version 0.21.GITGUI
> git Version: 2.44.0.windows.1
>
> To reproduce: (I have not tested it with rsa keys)
>
> - Create an ed25519 key with a passphrase (--> .ssh/id_ed25519). Help->Show
> ssh key detects that key perfectly and shows the Public key to copy
> - Push something to a repository:
> --> it will fail.
>
> >  Pushing to xxx.xxx:clemens/test_repo.git
> >  CreateProcessW failed error:193
> >  ssh_askpass: posix_spawnp: Unknown error
> >  git@git.xxx.xxx: Permission denied (publickey).

This might be due to the `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable pointing to a
Unix-style path, but your SSH not being Unix-path-aware.

Can you verify that your `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable is set to
`/mingw64/bin/git-askpass.exe`? If so, can you set it to `/c/Program
Files/Git/mingw64/bin/git-askpass.exe` instead and try again?

Ciao,
Johannes

> >  fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
> >
> >  Please make sure you have the correct access rights
> >  and the repository exists.
>
> - When using a key without a passphrase, it works perfectly well.
> - When using ssh-agent with a key that uses a passphrase, it also works well.
>
> >  Pushing to git.xxx.xxx:clemens/test_repo.git
> >  To git.xxx.xxx:clemens/test_repo.git
> >   = [up to date]      rev1 -> rev1
> >  updating local tracking ref 'refs/remotes/origin/rev1'
> >  Everything up-to-date
>
> this bug must be in git gui, as it works perfectly fine via git bash.
>
> "git push" spawns a new window, which asks for the passphrase. After entering
> the phrase git works as intended.
>
> It seems to me that the git gui cant spawn that window where it asks for the
> key.
>
> If that helps:
> I'm using Microsofts OpenSSH implementation:
>
> >  $ ssh -V
> >  OpenSSH_for_Windows_8.1p1, LibreSSL 3.0.2
>
> Greetings,
> Clemens Haffner
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