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diff --git a/doc/bugs/rsync_on_windows_broken_by_upgrade.mdwn b/doc/bugs/rsync_on_windows_broken_by_upgrade.mdwn index af2d46400..1d14e5ee3 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/rsync_on_windows_broken_by_upgrade.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/rsync_on_windows_broken_by_upgrade.mdwn @@ -8,3 +8,21 @@ program from inside /cygwin/usr/bin, it works. strace found a missing `charset.alias` file, but installing it didn't solve the problem. Problem doesn't seem to affect the bundled ssh, just rsync. --[[Joey]] + +> Update: Apparently there are two ssh's! msysgit bundles one (did it used +> to in PATH?) and git-annex bundles one from cygwin. msysgit's ends up +> in Git/bin and git-annex's in Git/cmd. +> +> Seems that cygwin's rsync cannot use git's ssh for whatever reason. +> +> So the workaround is to +> delete Git/bin/ssh.exe and leave Git/cmd/ssh.exe. Then rsync works. +> However, this may screw up git's use of ssh or other stuff. +> +> Also, see +> [[webapp_fails_to_connect_to_ssh_repository___40__windows__41__]] +> which is the inverse of this bug. +> +> Using 2 ssh's that try to use config from different places seems like +> a losing propisition. Need to find an rsync that works with git's ssh. +> --[[Joey]] |