Can't delete remote tag

Question

I added a tag too early and now want to remove it.

I have removed the local tag.

Now trying to do the remote:

$ git push origin :refs/tags/v17.1.8

Fails:

ajtru@DESKTOP-4OHL3UQ MINGW64 /d/My Programs/2017/MeetSchedAssist (master)
$ git push origin :refs/tags/v17.1.8
Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address '104.192.143.1' to the list of known hosts.
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

Your problem has nothing to do with tags but with the fact that you don't have access rights to the remote — Nils Werner, Jun 24 '17 at 14:26
@NilsWerner Using TortoiseGit I can push to my repository. So what step must I take with "Git" then? — Andrew Truckle, Jun 24 '17 at 14:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '17 at 15:25

You have to set up your ssh keys to access the repository.

Check to see if you have ssh keys

# open git-bash and type this:
cat ~/.ssh/id_sra.pub

If nothing is printed so you don't have any keys.

Set yous ssh keys

# open git-bash and type this:
ssh-keygen

follow the instruction on the screen and create your keys and once its there copy them and set them under your profile of your git serevr

# in git-bash
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

# copy the key with the ssh-... until the end and set it under your git server

Once you set up your keys test the connection using the fetch command

# test that you can access the repository
# if there is no error message than all is fine
git fetch --all -prune

I have those keys already. What I needed to do was add the path to the tortoisegitplink software to my computer environment variables. Then it worked. I indicated that question in my comment to my question. — Andrew Truckle, Jun 24 '17 at 15:27

Can't delete remote tag

1 Answers1

Check to see if you have ssh keys

Set yous ssh keys