Re: [bug] git 2.6.2 (64-bit) blocks keyboard input (running in RDP, Win7 x64)

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 16, 2015, 12:10 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1511161308510.1686@s15462909.onlinehome-server.info>
In-Reply-To: <D28D2D5A78DB8B49BB75DB10E72239683ABA1700@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com>

Hi Vasily,

On Tue, 10 Nov 2015, Ryabov, Vasily V wrote:

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> I'm trying to run something like this (on the remote machine (Win7 x64 with git 2.6.2 64-bit) through RDP):
> ```
> git pull --tags --progress ssh://<username>@<repo_URL>:<tcp_port>/<repo_name> +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
> ```
> It worked on local machine with git 1.9.5.
> 
> Git asks to confirm an action:
> ```
> The server's host key is not cached in the registry. You
> have no guarantee that the server is the computer you
> think it is.
> The server's dss key fingerprint is:
> ssh-dss 1024 <...>
> If you trust this host, enter "y" to add the key to
> PuTTY's cache and carry on connecting.
> If you want to carry on connecting just once, without
> adding the key to the cache, enter "n".
> If you do not trust this host, press Return to abandon the
> connection.
> Store key in cache? (y/n)
> ```
> I'm typing `y`, but there is no reaction at all. No symbols appears in the console. But...
> When I'm pressing `Ctrl+C`, it's killed. And I can see `yyyyy` keys in the bash console for the next command.

This is a known issue, mentioned in the release notes (https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/master/installer/ReleaseNotes.md#known-issues):

> * If configured to use Plink, you will have to connect with putty first
>   and accept the host key.

Ciao, Johannes