Git, GitHub and Windows users

Dinoboff · April 2010

One of the difficulty of getting started with Git on windows is setting up ssh and a private/public key for authentication. With Git 1.7 however, you can use https for authentication and GitHub now support it:

http://github.com/blog/642-smart-http-support

If all the that ssh stuff put you off Git in the past, you should try again.

Try Git Extensions to install Git:

http://code.google.com/p/gitextensions/ (Git Extension only include Git 1.6.5)

luc · April 2010

At last, I'll be able to use git as well from work instead of just mercurial.

[-Stash-] · April 2010

I'm going to have a go with Tortoise Git 1.4.4.0 and see how I do.

Dinoboff · April 2010

What ever you use, make sure it install msysgit 1.7+.

You might be able to install the correct version yourself (I did it for git extensions) but I am not sure your GUI will be able to clone or push to GitHub using the new protocole if it doesn't include the correct version by default.

[-Stash-] · April 2010

*sigh*I can read the docs :P

But thanks for mentioning that anyway, it's very kind :)

I've got the latest versions installed, just haven't had a chance to reboot. I wish the installers would just include the explorer restart routine that dropbox does and ave me the reboot :/

[-Stash-] · May 2010

Random note: the github page on Generating SSH Keys under Windows is very useful.

Lincoln · May 2010

That's the link I've used thus far :) Haven't had much trouble with it on Windows.

[-Stash-] · May 2010

Yeah, well I have :P

It just wouldn't work for me. I finally got things working by using the Putty GUI to create my public and private keys. I've yet to make a push, but if I'm successful I'll try my method again in a VM and if I can remember/get it to work again I'll see if I can make some time to post up a graphical step-by-step walk-through.

S · May 2010

Nothing works for me :(

Lincoln · May 2010

What error are you guys running into?

[-Stash-] · May 2010

I don't remember 100% from memory, but when right clicking on a directory and attempting to clone a git repository into that location, the TortoiseGit GUI was bitching about the key that I'd created, using the bash command line, not being valid.

Using the key created inside the Putty GUI worked fine, but it did take a bit of trial and error to get that far.

Lincoln · May 2010

Oh, see, I don't use any GUIs. I just stick to the Git bash in msysgit and haven't run into any problems except config errors on my part.

Dinoboff · May 2010

Most gui don't suppose the new authentication scheme. However you can the command line to deal remote commands (git clone, git pull, git push) and use gui to commit locally.

When trying https auth on windows, I add an issue with ssl certificate verification:

Welcome to Git (version 1.7.0.2-preview20100309)

damien@DAMIEN-WIN-LTP c:/Users/damien/Documents/dev/
$ git clone https://dinoboff@github.com/dinoboff/Garden.git
Initialized empty Git repository in C:/Users/damien/Documents/dev/
/Garden/.git/
Password:
error: error setting certificate verify locations:
  CAfile: /bin/curl-ca-bundle.crt
  CApath: none
 while accessing https://dinoboff@github.com/dinoboff/Garden.git/info/refs

fatal: HTTP request failed

I don't know what is the problem, but you can disable it:

damien@DAMIEN-WIN-LTP c:/Users/damien/Documents/dev/
$ export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=false

damien@DAMIEN-WIN-LTP c:/Users/damien/Documents/dev/
$ git clone https://dinoboff@github.com/dinoboff/Garden.git
Initialized empty Git repository in C:/Users/damien/Documents/dev/
/Garden/.git/
Password:
remote: Counting objects: 10301, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4128/4128), done.
remote: Total 10301 (delta 7349), reused 8621 (delta 6033)
Receiving objects: 100% (10301/10301), 2.62 MiB | 531 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (7349/7349), done.
Checking out files: 100% (614/614), done.

damien@DAMIEN-WIN-LTP c:/Users/damien/Documents/dev/
$

To make it permanent:

git config --global http.sslVerify false

HendyIrawan · July 2010

Thank you Dinoboff!!

I am also having the exact same issue and your workaround (GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=false) solved it!

I wonder though, what is the root cause and how to solve it properly...

wcherry69 · April 2011

Thanks the GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=false was just the quick fix I need. I'll figure out the real cause someday when I have "free" time.

ddumont · April 2011

I just can't get the hang of Git.

I managed to set up a Mercurial server with hgweb on my readynas though, been moving all of my projects out of svn over to hg... so nice.

Not advocating vanilla move or anything, but was hg ever a consideration when choosing hosting? Just curious about the reasoning behind the choice.

Lincoln · April 2011

It's what all the cool kids were doing.

ddumont · April 2011

;)

[-Stash-] · April 2011

http://www.wikivs.com/wiki/Git_vs_Mercurial

Although my personal favourite is http://gitvsmercurial.com/

ddumont · April 2011

I've seen those... I was curious about the vanilla ppls experiences with git and if they considered any others before deciding on git.

I've used all kinds of SCMs. At work we primarily use Rational ClearCase and Rational Jazz. I've primarily used svn for my own projects until recently I had need to do something that dscm's handle very well and svn does not.

My frustrations with git lead me to try out mercurial and, for me at least, it was much easier to understand. The eclipse integration points are also much more polished than the git ones.

I'm not trying to troll, because I have no vested interest in anyone using any particular scm but myself. I was just curious to see what others' experiences were. :)

[-Stash-] · April 2011

I ended up never trying Mercurial because GitHub is so good, that made me pick Git over anything else. I wasn't really int he market for setting up a server, so GitHub sold me on it.

Git was very rough until the end of last year on Windows, but the last time I installed it, it seemed pretty straight forward... for me, GitHub is Git, and BitBucket just seems like a horrible mess in comparison. Strange that the "complex" tool has an "easy" web service and vice-versa.

Integration with other systems wasn't a concern for me since I do everything in npp still - not because I think it's cool, I just "haven't had time" to get used to an IDE. Git is also my first entry into VCS, so yes, initially it confused me somewhat :D

ddumont · April 2011

Git's hosting service is very nice. I haven't used BitBucket, though I did sign up for an account. I'm currently hosting my Vanilla addon using Google Code services and mercurial. I really like the google code hosting so far.

tleaver · March 2012

So I struggled with this for a bit. I followed the GitHub key generation instructions, but when I ran GitExtensions, and it asked me load a private SSH file, it wouldn't accept the ones that Git generated. To get around this, I used puttygen, and in there under the "Conversion" menu, chose "Import Key". I imported the Git key and resaved the private key somewhere else. GitExtension was happy with this file and now it's all working well.

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