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Error cloning a git repository (can't open pageant program)

I've opened a repository on github, and am now trying to clone it using TortoiseGit 1.5.3.0. I'm getting these cryptic error: can't open pageant program git have not installed When I'm trying to follow the instructions on github, I'm getting the following error after doing "git commit -m 'first commit'" error: pathspec 'commit'' did ...

TortoiseGit's equivalent to TortoiseSVN's global ignore patterns

Is there a TortoiseGit equivalent to TortoiseSVN's "global ignore patterns" setting? ...