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Re: git stopped working with 1.7.1
- From: Kevin Layer <layer at franz dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:07:20 -0800
- Subject: Re: git stopped working with 1.7.1
- References: <6ee4c8380912311104i1869d73dk818e041f2d8b29ae@mail.gmail.com>
Brian L. <brian@blucz.com> wrote:
>> I'm seeing very similar bad behavior from cygwin+git on win7 x64 as
>> well as winxp x86. This bug is not confined to 64 bit platforms. This
>> bug is new in 1.7.x--I have cygwin 1.5 installs on both of these
>> machines that do not exhibit this failure.
>>
>> The problem seems to be rooted in cygwin's openssh package. If I point
>> GIT_SSH at plink.exe (from the putty distribution) and configure
>> pageant properly for keyless login then git works fine.
Good sleuthing!
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