Using Git with Cygwin

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I am attempting to use GitHub in conjunction with my Windows 7 computer running Cygwin. I have managed to get GitHub working fine when I use the "Powershell.exe" that comes with git for windows. I cannot, however, get it to work when I am in Cygwin. The issue seems to be with authentication because every time I try to clone, push or pull I get Permission denied (publickey)..

Any help would be most appreciated.

Have you set up an SSH key in ~/.ssh in Cygwin? IIRC, your Cygwin home directory isn’t the same as your actual user folder. — Ry-
– Ry- ♦, Commented Mar 5, 2013 at 0:34
@minitech: Yes. I copied the files from C:\Users\Zack\.ssh into C:\cygwin\home\Zack\.ssh and verified via cd and cat that they were infact there inside of cygwin. — Zack
– Zack, Commented Mar 5, 2013 at 0:38
Is your key password-protected? If so, does it ask you for a password? — Ry-
– Ry- ♦, Commented Mar 5, 2013 at 0:41
@minitech: Not sure what you mean by my key being password protected... The repository is private so i guess there should be a login required there but no, it never asks for a password. — Zack
– Zack, Commented Mar 5, 2013 at 0:43
No, it would just be your SSH key that was password-protected. It would have asked you to enter a passphrase when generating it. Anyways, try generating a new one in Cygwin and authorizing that one with GitHub. — Ry-
– Ry- ♦, Commented Mar 5, 2013 at 0:45

Ry- · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-05 00:52:30Z

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Try generating a new one with Cygwin!

answered Mar 5, 2013 at 0:52

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