From: Edward Z. Yang <edwardzyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> PuTTY requires -P while OpenSSH requires -p; if plink is detected as GIT_SSH, use the alternate flag. Signed-off-by: Edward Z. Yang <edwardzyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@xxxxxx> --- connect.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c index 574f42f..0d007f3 100644 --- a/connect.c +++ b/connect.c @@ -599,11 +599,13 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url_orig, conn->argv = arg = xcalloc(6, sizeof(*arg)); if (protocol == PROTO_SSH) { const char *ssh = getenv("GIT_SSH"); + int putty = ssh && strstr(ssh, "plink"); if (!ssh) ssh = "ssh"; *arg++ = ssh; if (port) { - *arg++ = "-p"; + /* P is for PuTTY, p is for OpenSSH */ + *arg++ = putty ? "-P" : "-p"; *arg++ = port; } *arg++ = host; -- 1.5.6.1.255.g32571 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html