Using git with SSH-key on Windows

Question

I am connecting to my virtual machine with ssh like this:

ssh -i keyfile.key user@server.com

I have created a git repository on the server which I want to push to, but I do nott know how I should use the keyfile.key with git.

I am supposed to execute the command:

git push live master

But I getting the error "permission denied (publickey)", so how do I specify the key? I am on Windows 8.

Answer 1

You need to:

• use a, ~/.ssh/config ( check where %HOME% is set , since you are on Windows).
  The config file would look like (replace <hostkey> by any string you want)

   Host <hostkey> HostName myserver User user IdentityFile C:\\path\\to\\.ssh\\keyfile.key IdentitiesOnly yes 

• change your remote url to one using the config Host key

   git rmeote set-url list <hostkey>:myrepo