Troubleshooting for Windows

Important

Its strongly recommended to use the Git Bash on Windows as shown in previous chapters. We experienced issues with powershell etc. and some commands described in the documentation only work in Git Bash.

SSH

Permission denied (publickey)

If you try to push to gerrit and you keep getting the following error message

Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Checklist for SSH problems

Make sure the public SSH key is stored in your Gerrit account.

See Setting up Gerrit (ssh)
Check if your private SSH key is in the correct OpenSSH format.

You can export your SSH key to the correct OpenSSH format with the Putty Key Generator with Conversions -> Export OpenSSH Key -> save with a filename, but without a file ending!
Check if the ssh-agent is running or turn it on
```
ssh-agent -s
```
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Add your SSH key to the ssh-agent
```
ssh-add ~/.ssh/my_key
```
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The SSH key should have NO file ending (like .ppk). In windows explorer you should find the SSH key in the file:
```
C:\Users\<username>\.ssh\
```
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