Specifying private key file for Git on Windows

Asked Jan 27 '14 at 00:55

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When I want to use a specific private key file for a single git operation, apparently I have to change the GIT_SSH environment variable. However, I cannot just set it to
C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoisePlink.exe -i D:\repo\key.

The manpage confirms this:

To pass options to the program that you want to list in GIT_SSH you will need to wrap the program and options into a shell script, then set GIT_SSH to refer to the shell script.

So, how do I do this? What is a "shell script" in this case? A batch file? A file with #!bash? Neither way works, both give me:

error: cannot spawn "D:\repo\test.bat": No such file or directory
fatal: unable to fork

With the .sh file I get the same error, just with a different filename of course. There is a bash in msysgit and it is in my PATH, but git does not seem to understand the shebang. I also tried to convert the path to an msys-style path (/d/repo/test.sh), but git still says "No such file or directory". When I run bash and paste the exact same path, it is executed.

edited Jan 27 '14 at 01:03

asked Jan 27 '14 at 00:55

AndreKR

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What exact operation is it? Do you interact with another host or with the same host but different username? – zerkms Jan 27 '14 at 00:57
`git clone git@github.com:...` – AndreKR Jan 27 '14 at 00:59
it's still not clear. You want to perform `git clone` with different keys? – zerkms Jan 27 '14 at 01:14
Yes. And `push` and `pull` and you name it. – AndreKR Jan 27 '14 at 01:26
I used a different method (set `HOME`). – AndreKR Jan 27 '14 at 02:19
possible duplicate of [Switching between multiple ssh keys in Git on Windows](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9672975/switching-between-multiple-ssh-keys-in-git-on-windows) – First Zero Jan 27 '14 at 06:21

Specifying private key file for Git on Windows

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