Git with SSH on Windows

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I fought with this problem for a few hours before stumbling on the obvious answer. The problem I had was I was using different ssh implementations between when I generated my keys and when I used git.

I used ssh-keygen from the command prompt to generate my keys and but when I tried “git clone ssh://…” I got the same results as you, a prompt for the password and the message “fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly”.

Determine which ssh windows is using by executing the Windows “where” command.

C:\where ssh
C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\ssh.exe

The second line tells you which exact program will be executed.

Next you need to determine which ssh that git is using. Find this by:

C:\set GIT_SSH
GIT_SSH=C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoisePlink.exe

And now you see the problem.

To correct this simply execute:

C:\set GIT_SSH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\ssh.exe

To check if changes are applied:

C:\set GIT_SSH
GIT_SSH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\ssh.exe

Now git will be able to use the keys that you generated earlier.

This fix is so far only for the current window. To fix it completely you need to change your environment variable.

  1. Open Windows explorer
  2. Right-click Computer and select Properties
  3. Click Advanced System Settings link on the left
  4. Click the Environment Variables… button
  5. In the system variables section select the GIT_SSH variable and press the Edit… button
  6. Update the variable value.
  7. Press OK to close all windows

Now any future command windows you open will have the correct settings.

Hope this helps.

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