Question

I created a repo on GitHub, and wanted to push local a local repo as I have done in the past. I can ssh -T [e-mail] successfully, but git push -u origin master gives me the error:

error: cannot spawn C:\Users\Alec\.ssh: No such file or directory
fatal: unable to fork

My GIT_SSH variable is C:\Users\Alec\.ssh and in that directory I have my RSA keys. I even tried generating a new key and using that one, just to receive a the same error.

All of my local repos now show this error – I’m not sure what’s gone wrong.

Edit: Not that I think it matters, but I get the same issue whether I use the Command Prompt or Git Bash.

Answer 1

GIT_SSH is supposed to point to the ssh client (ssh.exe in your case), not the .ssh folder.