Git push works in Git Bash but not in SmartGit or TortoiseGit

Question

So I've created a repo using Git Bash, and it works (Local and Remote repo on github.com). I've pushed README file for testing, and it worked. In my config everything seems okay:

[core]
    repositoryformatversion = 0
    filemode = false
    bare = false
    logallrefupdates = true
    symlinks = false
    ignorecase = true
    hideDotFiles = dotGitOnly
[gui]
    pruneduringfetch = true
    encoding =
[remote "origin"]
    url = git@github.com:SOME_USERNAME/some-project-name.git
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "master"]
    remote = origin
    merge = refs/heads/master

And $ ssh -V git@github.com gives:

Hi SOME_USERNAME! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

And I'm able to push files and everything, but only through Git Bash. However, I've tried to work with and it gave me the following error:

The remote end hung up unexpectedly

When I manually changed the "origin" url to this:

https://SOME_USERNAME@github.com/SOME_USERNAME/some-project.git

It worked. So it doesn't work with "git@..." but do work with "https://..". I've tried another program - SmartGit. It also gives me

The remote end hung up unexpectedly

but when I try to do this "change url trick" in SmartGit, for "https://..." it gives me the following error:

Push: Authentication failed

Authentication failed Setting remote

Setting remote service path not supported by protocol.

I'm completely lost with all this stuff. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Try running SmartGit as administrator.

Answer 2

SSH will look for keys in %HOME%/.ssh, which ("HOME") isn't always defined (msysgit will define it by default, maybe TortoiseGit but you can specify your ssh keys, probably not SmartGit)

So make sure HOME is set to %userprofile%, before launching SmartGit.

Answer 3

The fact that it doesn't work with the "git@" url but works with the "https" shows that this is to do with your SSH key setup. Make sure you had chosen the "OpenSSH" option ( and not PUTTY) for TortoiseGit and in the settings page for TortoiseGit verify that the "Remote" section points to the place where your keys are placed.