SourceTree Windows Errors Communicating with remote

[Greg Beaty]

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.

[Tor Arvid Lund · Accepted solution]

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

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

Then, in PuttyGen:

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

Then, in Pageant

1. 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 Beaty]

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.

[Greg Beaty]

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.