Git password-less on a distant server with custom SSH port

Question

My situation :

I have a bunch of folders on my local development machine
I want to version them on a remote server
This server uses a custom ssh port (not 22)
I can do what i need on this server, i have root permissions.
It doesn't matter if i have to clone empty repos from the server or create local ones and push them. I am free of create/copy/move/delete on the remote and on the local machines.

My problem :

Can't clone a distant repo or push to one

My goals :

having a working git server (remote) to hold the repositories
working the development on my local machine (Windows), uploading it to the remote server on a regular basis

What i did so far :

created a "git" user on the server
generated a key pair on my local machine with puttygen
added the public key to /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys
tested access with putty using the private key : it works
tried with git with different tools (including tortoisegit) : the login part does not seem to work

Any help greatly appreciated, thanks

what remote url are you using on client's side? – Arount Feb 19 '18 at 15:04 — Arount, Feb 19 '18 at 15:04
What does `ssh -T @` output? – evolutionxbox Feb 19 '18 at 15:37 — evolutionxbox, Feb 19 '18 at 15:37

MrTux · Answer 1 · 2018-02-19T15:16:51.433

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Use ssh://USERNAME@SERVERNAME:PORT/PATH as URL on the client side. For more detailed PuTTY configuration on client side please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/29183147/3906760

For the server part there are tutorials such as https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-Setting-Up-the-Server.

edited Feb 19 '18 at 15:16

answered Feb 19 '18 at 15:09

MrTux

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Git password-less on a distant server with custom SSH port

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