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Asked: 2026-05-18T00:03:57+00:00

Im trying to use git extensions and I really like it so far, but

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Im trying to use git extensions and I really like it so far, but I don’t manage to push to github. The following command works fine in git bash:

git push "origin" master:master

and then when I push with git extensions I get this:

C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe push "origin" master:master
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Done

In the git settings it just has openSSH selected which I would like to keep because putty seems more hassle.

The remote addres I have added in gitextensions, actually the only thing I have done from the bash just to test is the command above and gerenating the SSH keys. All else is set up in git extensions. So I suppose everything must be set up correctly. Eg, the email adress and name are correct…

ssh git@github.com

also connects fine, from bash

edit:

So I can reproduce the error by putting the command from git-extensions in cmd. Appearantly there is a difference between running from git bash and from cmd and git-extensions runs this command like a windows command… any clues?

update:
If I choose git-bash from the menu in git-extensions I get a window that is exactly the same as when I right click in explorer on my repo folder and choose git bash here. Now, in the one opened from explorer I can push and in the one opened from extensions I get the public key problem.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Ok, I solved it.

    I opened the git bash from git extensions and a git bash using the explorer shell extensions. I then ran ssh -vvv git@github.com from both to see the difference.

    It turned out that because I changed the location of the git config file ( I tend to reformat every now and then, so c:\documents and settings… is notoriously bad for storing anything I might want to keep persistent), when run from git extensions git was also looking for the ssh keys in a different location. So I added the .ssh folder where my git cofig file is and now it works fine. I think git-extensions sets the HOME variable for git to whatever you set as path for the config file.

    Now, that was not obvious…

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