tortoisegit = fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly but not with git bash

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The problems a bit of a weird one and after about 1 week of searching and just using bash i thought i'd ask you dudes.

Simple really whenever i try to push or pull via tortoisegit it asks me for the log in details once i enter them i get 'fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly'. I thought maybe i wasn't the right user so i changed myself to be the root: url = ssh://root@... but still not luck.

No idea what it might but maybe somebody else has had the same problem.

Any Clues guys?

[Edit] Fixed this sadly by uninstalling tortoisegit on windows, restarting and then reinstalling.

Are you using SSH pubkey authentication? If so, is tortoisegit using the same SSH as git bash? If not, does tortoisegit's ssh have the right key registered? — Amber, Nov 21 '10 at 21:43
yikes, i'm going to have to check this out. Not sure how to check which ssh git bash is using though :s? — Jamie Hutber, Jan 08 '11 at 23:48
So i got this working in the end, i reinstalled everything and somehow it works :\ sorry to not help at all. — Jamie Hutber, Aug 19 '11 at 11:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '12 at 13:44

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Fixed this sadly by uninstalling tortoisegit on windows, restarting and then reinstalling.

answered Jun 30 '12 at 13:44

Jamie Hutber

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '13 at 17:14

I just had this same issue, and reinstalling did not help. I don't know if there was a server change (I'm not using Github), or if it's because I upgraded to Tortoise Git 1.8, or what. But, it used to ask for my username every time I tried to connect, while now it simply gives that error.

Turns out it was a settings issue. In the repository, under Tortoise Git --> settings --> remote, the URL was set to hostname.com:myRepo. This used to work, but apparently not anymore; I changed it to username@hostname.com:myRepo.

Now it works, and as a bonus it no longer asks me to enter my username every time I try to push/pull.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 01 '11 at 19:19

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I had similar problem. After i changed https to http in the URL everything worked fine. Your connection wont be secure though.

When pulling files i use this URL

http://github.com/user / folder

answered Oct 01 '11 at 19:19

Xitcod13

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heh dude, i wasn't using github :) i have git installed on my server. As simple as that was to do :) – Jamie Hutber Jan 17 '12 at 00:12

tortoisegit = fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly but not with git bash

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