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

Subject: Re: [boost] [GitHelp] Sandbox library to GitHub
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-26 19:24:48

On 12/26/2012 1:35 AM, Andrey Semashev wrote:
> 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

Thanks for the link. Evidently https works fine, but maybe I need ssh 
keys for other purposes still.

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

OK. I did get some help with that on the Git for Windows forum.