Pushing to TFS git using public/private key

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I have a TFS server which is using git for source-control. How do I use ssh style public/private keys to push/pull/fetch from the TFS server? That is, where do I add my public key on the TFS server?

As far as I know, SSH for TFS 2013 / TF Service is not yet supported. I can't remember where I read it though (so I won't make this an answer), but I'm pretty sure someone said it was been worked on. — DaveShaw, Aug 23 '13 at 12:52

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 09 '13 at 08:25

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As per DaveShaw's comment, it's currently not supported as there is a Change request on the visual studio feedback portal.

https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/3801342-add-support-for-ssh-keys-as-alternate-authenticati

answered Oct 09 '13 at 08:25

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Marked as resolved with TFS 2015 Update 3. They still seem to be lacking some documentation on the issue... – Chaim Eliyah Oct 05 '16 at 23:47

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '16 at 18:57

TFS 2015 update 3 support SSH authentication, You can find the details in below link https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/git/use-ssh-keys-to-authenticate

For TFS 2013 and TFS 2015 U1 and U2, you can connect to the TFS GIT repository by remotely by changing authentication settings like Windows authentication : Disabled Basic authentication : Enabled

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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As saying by @abbottdev, there is not possible to public/private key, as far as I konw.

Besides, Windows Credential Store is a tool which could be useful, (it seems to mean "Once and for all").

PS: It works also for BitBucket.

Good explication on this topic here.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Mar 25 '15 at 18:57

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 30 '16 at 21:12

By using TFS 2015 update 3, you can connect the TFS-GIT repository remotely from GIT Installed Linux server using SSH authentication. For this you need to generate public and private key from Linux server by using SSH -keygen command. Then copy the public in TFS 2015.3 profile window. Then you can connect the TFS-GIT repository.

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 27 '15 at 02:15

Since git sends cmds and content through ssh, you could install openssh and a separate git client on the tfs server, cygwin is what i used, tfs wouldn't know the difference. You just would need to install openssh as a service. Although I did this with an Atlassian's bamboo server, the concept is the same.

Pushing to TFS git using public/private key

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