SourceTree on Windows can't connect to GitHub using OpenSSH

Nitzan Shaked

(Running Windows 7, SourceTree 1.5.1.0 configured to use OpenSSH)

When my private key (stored in C:\Users\MyUser\.ssh) is called id_rsa everything works fine: I can clone GitHub repositories, pull, etc., using regular GitHub URLs: git@github:my-github-user/my-repo.git.

But when I rename my private key to something else and let SourceTree know about this (under Tools -> Options -> SSH Key) it fails to connect.

Furthermore: if I create C:\Users\MyUser\.ssh\config and add something like

Host github2

 Hostname github.com

 User git

 IdentityFile something_else 

And try URLs such as git@github2:my-github-user/my-repo.git or ssh://github2/my-github-user/my-repo.git, it doesn't work.

It's as if OpenSSH in SourceTree is hardwired to read only id_rsaand ignore other settings (such as .ssh\config and/or SSH Key).

Ideas?

Seth

I am using a private key other than id_rsa, but my configuration is completely different than yours.

First of all, I am not using .ssh to store my key or for any manual config.

Secondly, I am not specifying a specific key in SourceTree options.

Thirdly, I am using Pageant as my key agent, which I DO have set in my SourceTree config. I have Pageant configured to load the key at startup. It seems that SourceTree simply tries to authenticate with any keys in Pageant.