Link to ssh key when using git on windows

Question

I want to use an ssh key when using git from a Windows machine to a Linux server. I have ssh keys already set-up and can connect via ssh through PuTTy. How do I tell git to use this key to connect via ssh?

I have looked through other posts and couldn't find this exact issue

Thanks Tom

Answer 1

Please create in your windows home directory file: .ssh/config and put into this:

Host <your.git.hostname>
  IdentityFile <path.to.ssh.key.pem>

Now you can try from console:

ssh -v <your.git.hostname>

after this you can see which key file is used

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Another way is setting GIT_SSH environment variable to point to plink.exe