TortoiseGit 1.8 doesn't ask for credentials

Question

I just updated TortoiseGit to 1.8 and since then it's impossible to push or pull from the server. Before they asked to enter my password but they don't do it anymore. Instead they tell me :

fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

git did not exit cleanly (exit code 128) (1326 ms @ 2013-01-29 10:34:32)

I did not change anything in my settings, I use a ssh Url as remote origin ([email protected]/git/...)

I'm in windows 8.

Answer 1

I changed from TortoiseGitPLink.exe to TortoisePLink.exe in

Settings > Network > SSH > SSH Client Then I got the password dialog.

It might be some incompability with TortoiseGitPLink.exe

The changelog says:

...

Renamed: TortoisePLink.exe to TortoiseGitPLink.exe (TortoisePLink.exe is still shipped for compatibility reasons)

...

Answer 2

The TortoiseGit update might have messed up the application's path to TortoisePLink.exe. Revise your settings under Settings > Network > SSH > SSH Client

Answer 3

I had the same problem but it's now resolved in version 1.8.1.
More info on the issue here: https://tortoisegit.org/issue/1617

Get the new fixed version 1.8.1 here: https://tortoisegit.org/download/

Answer 4

I faced the same problem and solved it as follows:

1) I changed the SSH client of TortoiseGit to Git\bin\ssh.exe

2) connected using ssh.exe to the remote server: ssh.exe username@address -p port_number

3) A message saying that the authenticity of host can't be established and whether I want to continue connecting appeared, so I typed "yes".

After this TortoiseGit started working for me.