using git on DOS command line asks for password - but not when using TortoiseGit or gitBash

Question

I would like to use the DOS command line to enter the command: git clone "git_path.git" myDir It asks me to enter a password which I would like to avoid. I usually use TortoiseGit to do all git related operations. I would like to setup cruisecontrol using ant with a custom git task. Therefore I need to perform git clone on the command line in Windows 7. But it only works using git bash and not DOS.

According to other forum entries, I tried to convert the key with puttyGen and put the file id_rsa in c:/Users/myName/.ssh I also added an authorized_keys file but it still asks for a password. Any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

I'd guess that the problem is that git bash knows to look for a public-key in your home directory, but the DOS box doesn't.

There are, I think, a few options available to you (none of which I've tried, since I don't have a Windows box to hand):

• Make sure that you're running pageant (I assume you're not, since you didn't say you were) and that you've got that private key loaded.
• Set up a connection in PuTTY named after your remote-server and specifying the private-key in the settings.
• Set the GIT_SSH environment-variable to something that specifies the location of the private-key - I'd guess the contents should probably be something like plink -i c:/Users/myName/.ssh.