Git can't find .ssh

Question

Problem using msysgit on Windows; it can\'t find .ssh/id_rsa, even though it is present where it should be.

I verified that\'s the problem with ssh -v git@github.com; th

Answer 1

Oddly msysgit has it's own .ssh directory:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\.ssh

Placing your ssh key there should work. It solved the problem for me