Git push hangs when pushing to Github?

Question

Git push hangs everytime I try to push to github. I am using Cygwin and Windows 7. Git functions fine locally tracking branches, providing status, setting global user.name a

Answer 1

Its worth checking if you are using the cygwin git or an external git (ie github).

If whereis git returns just /cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Git/cmd/git.exe or similar its best to install the cygwin git package, this solved the problem for me.