is the git username required for doing a clone via ssh?

[Robbin Bonthond]

on unix it seems the "git@" notation part of the git clone command isn't needed, but I'm hearing from other people on windows7 that they need to add this username part when doing clones via putty...

[Robbin Bonthond · Accepted solution]

when using git (1.9.4.msysgit.2) on windows, and using plink (0.63) for ssh transport, then it's plink who needs a username, as opposed to openssh.

One way around this is to change the putty “Default Settings”:
• Connection > Data : “Use system username”
• Connection > SSH > Auth : “Private Key file for authentication” (if you don't want to use pageant)

Be sure to save this in Putty, and plink will use those defaults.

That make the git clone via plink work for me again without having to specify “git@” in the URL.

[ThiagoBomfim]

Hi Robbin,

The validation is done through the access key. This has been answered by one of our developers on the question below:

• https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/101502

See the example below:

$ git push ssh://userDoesntMatter@localhost:7999/test/repotest3.git
...
To ssh://userDoesntMatter@localhost:7999/test/repotest3.git
   4d15880..da015bb  master -> master

In order to enable SSH, please follow all the steps outlined in the document below:

• Enabling SSH access to Git repositories in Stash

I hope that it clarifies your question.

Best regards,
Thiago Bomfim
Atlassian Support