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SourceTree Windows Errors Communicating with remote

Greg Beaty2

Every time I try to do anything with a remote repository via pull, push, etc; I get the following error:

git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false fetch origin
Unable to open connection:

Host does not existfatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Completed with errors, see above.

All these functions work fine in git bash so I am a little confused as to what is happening. I do have my repository set as alias in my git config.

Example:

Client uses:

-repos:/PROJ/repo.git (This is from Stash)

Git config:

host repos
identityfile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
port 8199
user git
hostname repo.domain.com

Does it not support the alias? I did load in my ssh key using a ppk that was converted using the import tool. Thanks for any help that is given.

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Tor Arvid Lund

I was able to make this work by doing the following in Putty:

I created a saved session in putty called 'repos' (same as in the 'host' entry in your .ssh/config)
Set the hostname/port to repo.domain.com and 8199
Set the "Auto-login username" under Connection --> Data to 'git'
Save the session

Then, in PuttyGen:

Conversions --> Import key
Then select your ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Save that as a .ppk key

Then, in Pageant

Add key, and select your newly created .ppk key

Finally, I restarted SourceTree (not sure if that is necessary), and it worked for me.

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Greg Beaty2

The issue stems from aliases not being supported and the requirement that Pageant must be running in order to use SSH keys when passphrases. I will enter a support ticket as this does not seem to be desired functionality.

Tor Arvid Lund

I was able to make this work by doing the following in Putty:

I created a saved session in putty called 'repos' (same as in the 'host' entry in your .ssh/config)
Set the hostname/port to repo.domain.com and 8199
Set the "Auto-login username" under Connection --> Data to 'git'
Save the session

Then, in PuttyGen:

Conversions --> Import key
Then select your ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Save that as a .ppk key

Then, in Pageant

Add key, and select your newly created .ppk key

Finally, I restarted SourceTree (not sure if that is necessary), and it worked for me.

Greg Beaty2

Thanks this was actually the workaround that was given to me by Atlassian Support. My only problem with this is that I am using Git Bash as my default terminal so I, in my view, expect it to use it also for authentication instead of using PuTTy like other clients.