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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.
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Plink is a command line application. This means that you cannot just double-click on its icon to run it and instead you have to bring up a console window. In Windows 95, 98, and ME, this is called an 'MS-DOS Prompt', and in Windows NT, 2000, and XP, it is called a 'Command Prompt'.
Plink (PuTTY Link) is a command-line connection tool similar to UNIX ssh . It is mostly used for automated operations, such as making CVS access a repository on a remote server. Plink is probably not what you want if you want to run an interactive session in a console window.
The file plink.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of C:\. Known file sizes on Windows 10/8/7/XP are 294,912 bytes (50% of all occurrences), 319,488 bytes or 282,624 bytes.
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:
GIT_SSH to the location of plink.exe pageant.exe and load your private keyOn 64 bit Windows, the default location for plink is C:\Program Files (x86)\GitExtensions\PuTTY\plink.exe The spaces in the path no longer seem to be a problem.
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