If you encounter the following error on Windows:
Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
But at the same time, the command ssh -vT [email protected] gives you this message:
Hi USER_NAME! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
- Add to your environment variables:
GIT_SSH_COMMAND="C:/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/ssh.exe". Ensure there's no space after the equal sign. Also, verify that the path is correct for your OS. - Alternatively, change the Git configuration by running:
git config --global core.sshCommand C:/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/ssh.exe