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  1. Install Putty and related utilities

  2. Set system environment variable in Windows(Control Panel\System and Security\System --> and clicking on "Advanced system settings" in the left pane. Then click on "Environment Variables") GIT_SSH=%path_to_plink.exe% (Note plink.exe goes into wherever you installed Putty)

  3. Generate a ssh key using puttygen.exe (ssh2-rsa, 4096, comment=GitLab, and set a passphrase)

  4. Add key to pageant.exe and the public key to your GitLab profile

  5. Ensure you start a new command shell so that git recognizes the GIT_SSH value

  6. Try these two commands to check connection first. This should give you a popup window that authenticates connection

  7. set Git putty git@gitlab.com:%user%/%repo.git%

Usage:

  1. Start pagent.exe from Putty folder
  2. Add key to pageant.exe
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