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Problem using git on Windows 7 with msysgit and .ssh keys

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Mar 15, 202610343 views
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I'm using git on my Ubuntu machine with my existing ssh keys. Now I have to use Git on Windows 7, and need to use the same keypairs. I have set up msysgit and created an folder in . I have copied my keypair from Ubuntu's folder to this folder. But when I try to clone the Git repo, it stops and asks…

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Fix for: Problem using git on Windows 7 with msysgit and .ssh keys

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You need to set your environment variable to whatever directory you selected for creating the folder (it doesn't have to be necessarily ). isn't a native environment variable ( or is), and the mingw Unix-like session of msysgit is entirely based on …

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