Git Bash and Pageant are not using keys

Question

I\'ve got Git for Windows (configured for MinTTY and PuTTY\\plink.exe) and PuTTY installed, and I am trying to get it to work with a Bitbucket repository. I\'ve

Answer 1

You are mixing things up.

PuTTY and Pageant are not compatible with OpenSSH tools and can't communicate together. PuTTY can't read keys from your OpenSSH agent and OpenSSH can't read the keys from Pageant. The key format is also different. That is a bad thing in this world, but there is no solution on the horizon.

Also "agent forwarding" is something different than "using agent".

If you set up Git with plink (make sure you really did), check if your Pageant is running and if the option "Attempt authentication using Pageant" is checked in your stored profile in PuTTY under Connection → SSH → Auth.

If it will not resolve your problems, post some debug log from PuTTY.