Re: [boost] [GitHelp] Sandbox library to GitHub

Subject: Re: [boost] [GitHelp] Sandbox library to GitHub
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-26 01:35:16

On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Edward Diener <eldiener_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Under Windows following the instructions at
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/ExtractSandbox for moving an SVN
> sandbox library to GitHub I am successful in the first step of cloning SVN
> sandbox library to a temporary local directory. But when I go to that local
> directory and try:
>
> git push --mirror git_at_[hidden]:eldiener/variadic_macro_data.git
>
> I receive a PuTTY message of:
>
> "Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available (server sent:
> publickey)"
>
> I have no idea how PuTTY gets into this. I am using TortoiseGit and Git for
> Windows and evidently getting Git to work under Windows is difficult in some
> way.
>
> Anybody have any idea how to straighten this out ?

Perhaps you didn't set up a ssh public key?

https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys#platform-windows

You will also have to add the key to TortoiseGit/PuTTY.