TortoiseGit using incorrect SSH key

Question

I have a strange problem with tortoise git at the moment, which I can\'t figure out. When trying to commit to my repository on github I get the error

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Answer 1

There are different private key formats. My keypair was generated with puttygen, but my Tortoise was configured to use ssh.exe (form msysgit) as ssh-client. So i changed it to plink (from Tortoise) and it worked.

• ssh-key.exe => ssh.exe (C:\msysgit\msysgit\bin)
• puttygen.exe => TortoisePlink.exe (C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin)

Additional note: Use the correct URL! Github offers you three URL https, git and ssh.

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Edit:

I adapted the settings here:

Settings - TortoiseGit >> Network >> SSH-Client
C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoisePLink.exe

I have generated the key-pair with:

 C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\puttygen.exe