infinite loop error with git pull

[ed.pe...@gmail.com]

hey all,

I've been getting a strange error with git pull, using the bundled ssh
utilities.

I type 'git pull' to receive changes from a git archive based off of
ssh, and it asks me for my password.

However, when I enter my password, instead of connecting, it goes into
an infinite loop and the password requests scroll down the screen.

Anyone know what is going on here? I've disabled all other ssh clients
on my machine. Also tried built-in plink support, but that didn't seem
to work with my server based on linux. Exactly what is the execution
path when you do git pull (through ssh) on windows 32 anyways?

Thanks much,

Ed (hor...@gmail.com)

(ps - this behavior is specific to only one box that I support
(windows 2003) which so happens to be the most important. The others
seem to work fine )

[Edward Z. Yang]

ed.pe...@gmail.com wrote:
> I've been getting a strange error with git pull, using the bundled ssh
> utilities.
>
> I type 'git pull' to receive changes from a git archive based off of
> ssh, and it asks me for my password.

What likely is happening is your Windows username is being used as your
SSH login--but the two are different. Specify
ssh://user...@example.com/... as your remote and the problem should go
away.

[Edward Peschko]

Edward,

I doubt it but I'll try it. I'm fairly sure that my setup was cloned from another machine that works correctly, and come to think of it, I don't see

baduser@<ipaddress>

when I try to connect.. I see

gooduser@<ipaddress> when it asks me for my password..

In fact, issue 138 seems to duplicate my problem, in which case, a large proportion of git installs out there are worthless (the bug really does make git worthless here, unfortunately.)

If that's the case, I'd love to know when there is a patch for it, or how I could hack it to make a patch.

Anyways, like I said, I'll try again, but I'm fairly sure..

Ed