Git - SSH remotes with GitHub Desktop

Question

I am using GitHub Desktop on Windows 10. I initially cloned a repo using its HTTPS URL, but now our organisation have advised that we must use the SSH URL instead. So I have cha

Answer 1

I was able to get it working by creating an ssh config file with the content similar to what is provided in this gist:

https://gist.github.com/JoaquimLey/e6049a12c8fd2923611802384cd2fb4a

The minimal content I needed to get it working was

Host github.com
    IdentityFile /c/Users/username/.ssh/id_github

When cloning the repository I had to use the URL option because the Github.com tab will use the HTTPS url.

Answer 2

As more recently seen in "Permission failure cloning in Git in Windows", try and launch GitHub Desktop after:

git config --global core.sshCommand "'C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe'"

That will ensure GitHub Desktop to use the right OpenSSH ssh.exe, instead of an internal one, as seen in desktop/desktop issue 5641.