How to access git respository using tortoisehg

Question

Hi,

I'm using windows 7 64 bit and of course TortoiseHG 64bit.  I created a git repository in bitbucket but I'm not able to access it.

I followed a couple of instructions on the internet about using TortoiseHG to access a git repo.  So far it works (at least for unsecured repos) but it always fail when I tried to access my private repository in github over ssh.

I really do hope someone can help me point what I'm missing here or is there special behavior in bitbucket that I need to know?

Regards,

Harold

Harold Alcala · Answer

Ok, i finally got it!

Just for the record the URL https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Set+up+SSH+for+Git is what I was using for a guide before plus a couple more other forums.

But now it turns out that I'm just missing the "git+" in front of the "ssh://git@bitbucket...".  So it must read "git+ssh://git@bitbucket.com/...", not "ssh://...", not "git://..." and not even "ssh+git://...".  This is the part that's not mentioned in the above-mentioned URL.

The "git+" thingy is application or plug-in specific and it's mentioned here: http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/HgGit

This is really kind of a relief.  I did my first attempt to make this work three months ago and set it aside coz I couldn't figure it out.

aMarcus · Answer

In this case, it sounds like you may want to raise this over at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss or check for the bugs at https://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg/issues/?kind=bug&status=open.

Harold Alcala · Answer

Hi,

I made some some testing.  And it's probably easier to explain in the following manner:

TortoiseGit + GitHub Git Private repo (via ssh) = OK

TortoiseHG + HGGit + GitHub Git Public repo (no ssh) = OK

TortoiseHG + HGGit + GitHub Git Private repo (via ssh) = NOT OK

TortoiseHG + GitHub Mercual Private Repo (via ssh) = OK

It seems that TortoiseHG with the HGGit plug-in doesn't utilise Pageant to authenticate SSH access.  I keep getting a message that there's no such repository.  However, for plain vanilla TortoiseHG and GitHub Mercurial repo, it works ok via SSH.