Re: svn+ssh on mingw32?

[Sheldon Gill]

Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
> On 8 Feb 2006, at 10:45, Sheldon Gill wrote:
>
> > Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
> > > I expect so ... but the question is ... why?
> > > My ssh connection works fine.
> > > svn+ssh works fine on linux.
> > > So the issue must be something to do with the subversion client ... 
> > > my guess is it's not picking up the ssh configuration from ~/.ssh for 
> > > some reason, but I haven't figured out how/why that can be the case.  
> > > I also don't see how a problem with the command-line client could 
> > > also effect the TortoiseSVN stuff ... which I configured completely 
> > > independently using Putty stuff rather than OpenSSH stuff.  That's 
> > > two different ssh implementations being used and both giving the same 
> > > error.
> >
> > Maybe this will help:
> >
> > export SVN_SSH=ssh -l rfm -i ~/.ssh/your_key
>
> Thanks ... but I've just now got it working, and I'm inclined to stick 
> with what I've got.
>
> I edited 'C:/Documents and Settings/richard/Application 
> Data/Subversion/config'  and added a line to explicitly specify the path 
> to my mingw32/msys copy of ssh ...
>
> 'ssh = $SVN_SSH C:/msys/1.0/bin/ssh.exe'

Actually, editing [tunnels] in subversion config was my next suggestion.

For what its worth, here's a summary for getting PuTTY going:

* download and install svn client
* download and install putty, plink, pageant...

  Make sure both are in your path somewhere. I like \Program Files\Bin\

* Generate a key using puttygen
  (It can also import existing keys from elsewhere...)
  Save it somewhere as <keyfile.ppk>

* Tell GNA.org about the key and wait an hour
* Check ssh access

  plink -v -ssh -l <username> -i <keyfile.ppk> svn.gna.org

* Edit Subversion configuration %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Subversion\config

  [tunnels]
  putty = plink -ssh -l <username>

* Launch pageant and add your key

* Check subversion access

  svn list svn+putty://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep



Regards,
Sheldon