How to push with git to github on Windows?

Question

Simply, I can't:

• HTTPS push

  • Eclipse git plugin doesn't support it (here)
  • msygit UI consumes all existing memory and hangs
  • turtoisegit consumes all existing memory and hangs

• SSH push

  • generated the keypair, but it turns out github does not support putty, only ssh
  • I don't want to install cygwin

Answer 1

Use Git Extensions.

Answer 2

Well, using the Git bash of msysgit worked:

git push <address>

(the GUI didn't work, even after reinstalling msysgit with different options)

Answer 3

You are correct that Putty generates a keypair in a different format than OpenSSH does. However, the Putty key generation tool lets you open one of its keys and can then produce an OpenSSH-compatible public key. It looks like this:

You should be able to upload that to GitHub.

Answer 4

Getting Started with Git and GitHub on Windows has the answer and will guide you through all the steps to start using Git and GitHub from Windows. In a nutshell: install msysgit (Git for Windows) and use it to generate the key.