msysgit - Configure Git to use Plink

Question

I'm trying to configure Git to use Plink. It worked for me many times before. Now, for some reason, this option isn't available to me (it is disabled):

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Git a hundred times. Nothing. I can't get to this option enabled.

Answer 1

I just had this problem (with a newer version of Git, 1.7.9). I used the answer from VonC, but only a couple of steps were needed:

1. Set the environment variable GIT_SSH to the location of plink.exe
2. Run pageant.exe and load your private key

On 64 bit Windows, the default location for plink is C:Program Files (x86)GitExtensionsPuTTYplink.exe The spaces in the path no longer seem to be a problem.