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Simply, I can't:

  • HTTPS push

    • Eclipse git plugin doesn't support it (here)
    • msygit UI consumes all existing memory and hangs
    • turtoisegit consumes all existing memory and hangs

  • SSH push

    • generated the keypair, but it turns out github does not support putty, only ssh
    • I don't want to install cygwin
Bozho
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  • Putty is an SSH program for Windows, so GitHub does indeed accept it. However, msysGit often has trouble with SSH, so generally it works better using other protocols like HTTPS. – ewall Sep 05 '10 at 03:53
  • Sounds like your msysGit installation (which is used/required for TortoiseGit too) is having a serious issue. Is there a chance that you have some different versions of the msysGit DLLs elsewhere in your path, like the Windows folder? Also, the installer gives you 2 options for SSH--either use the built-in SSH.EXE (iffy) or Putty's PLINK.EXE (better) for SSH--can you try using the other option? – ewall Sep 05 '10 at 04:03

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Well, using the Git bash of msysgit worked:

git push <address>

(the GUI didn't work, even after reinstalling msysgit with different options)

Bozho
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Getting Started with Git and GitHub on Windows has the answer and will guide you through all the steps to start using Git and GitHub from Windows. In a nutshell: install msysgit (Git for Windows) and use it to generate the key.

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You are correct that Putty generates a keypair in a different format than OpenSSH does. However, the Putty key generation tool lets you open one of its keys and can then produce an OpenSSH-compatible public key. It looks like this:

Putty key gnerator

You should be able to upload that to GitHub.

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  • that's good, but it still doesn't work with putty. It says "No authentication method available". Anyway, I made it work via the Git Bash. – Bozho Sep 05 '10 at 21:56
  • Okay -- good that you got it working. I actually don't use Git so I haven't tested it with GitHub -- I just once had to use a Putty-generated SSH key pair with a Linux server running OpenSSH. – Martin Geisler Sep 06 '10 at 07:40
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Use Git Extensions.

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  • I don't think that will help him any, since Git Extensions requires that you have msysGit installed--and that's clearly not working here. – ewall Sep 05 '10 at 03:53