Git SSH client for windows and wrong path for .ssh/config file

Question

I installed Git-1.7.9-preview20120201.exe, and when I try to access my repository via SSH it failed.

I investigated and found that if I run SSH -T [email protected], SSH doesn't load ~/.ssh/config where a custom port is defined.

When I try SSH -F c:usersomas.sshconfig [email protected] everything is OK.

I used Process Monitor and found that SSH is trying to find \\.sshconfig here C:WindowsCSCv2.0.6 amespace.ssh.

Why?

How I can force it to use normal path? %HOMEPATH%.sshconfig?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9513712/git-ssh-client-for-windows-and-wrong-path-for-ssh-config-file

Answer 1

set the HOME environment variable pointing to %USERPROFILE% for ssh to pick it up. This usually seems to be the problem for many unix solutions that run on windows.

Fast access to set user env variables:

Start > Type "env" > Select "Environmental variables for your account"