I was trying to push some binary files (PNGs) over ssh and found some files inexplicably wouldn't successfully push. I set, in my .gitconfig file: [core] sshCommand = ssh -e none And it works now for all files (that I can tell). >From a close examination of the output where I noted escape codes showing up, I believe the problem to be ssh escape codes. `\n~.` for example closes the ssh client. Therefore I think the default ssh command should be `ssh -e none` instead of `ssh` for the benefit of users who won't recognize the problem, unless `git` is expected to make use of ssh escape codes. I'm new to the mailing list, sorry if I missed some protocol here. Thank you so much for working on `git` and making your work available to the rest of the world. Cheers!