How to force Mercurial on Windows to use the SSH key for push / pull?

Question

How to tell TortoiseHg (or Mercurial in general) that I want to use this SSH key when pushing / pulling to / from a remote repository?

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Fixpoint Dec 02 '10 at 9:03

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You need to use PuTTY, configure a profile to connect to a remote repository. and then in TortoiseHg you can connect to ssh: // profilename /

eg. I installed one for the bitbucket and called it bitbom, so the SSH: // bitb / URL connection to the repo.

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Ben Dec 02 '10 at 9:10

Chris morgan · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-02T09:08:58+0000

On Windows, see Accessing SSH-managed storage from a Windows client : you need PuTTY, plink, and specific configuration settings.

To put this in a specific repository, enter .hg/hgrc

 [ui] ssh="C:\path to\plink.exe" -ssh -i "C:\your path to\private.key"

Also note that you do not need to specify a key path if you use pageant.