Windows – How to disable the MOTD when using Git over SSH on Windows

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I'm using Git on Windows, with a repository over SSH.
Whenever I carry out any action I get the MOTD from the server (which is a legal warning from the company I work for).

It looks like if I was on Linux I could disable this with a .hushlogin file, but I've tried placing that in both the Home folder (Actually f:\ in my case) and in c:\users\$myID, and it didn't work in either case.

What's the correct method for handling this?

(It's using ssh.exe from the Git\bin install folder, if that makes a difference)

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The answer is to put a file called "config" in the user's .\ssh\ folder (the same one as the id_rsa files sit in) and put the following in it:

LogLevel QUIET

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Windows – Git corrupt master branch

The repository exists, but all my commits have disappeared.

What exactly do you mean? Is the working tree still there? Does .git/ exist? Are there any files in it?

The messages you posted suggest that the file .git/HEAD does not exist. It defines the expected state of the working tree (what you had checked out). If that file is gone, git doesn't know where you were.

You could try creating the file yourself, with this content: ref: refs/heads/master

If you were on a different branch, just replace "master" with the branch name. If you were not on a branch, it would be more complicated.

.git/logs/HEAD records past states of HEAD, with later lines at the bottom. This example line shows a checkout: 25f2a6099fb5f9f2192a510c42f704f9fc4bcecb 65abb1a3dc102e2498860f01fb179cda4c51decb Rainer Blome <rainer.blome@wherever.you.are.com> 1346938344 +0200 checkout: moving from master to MySuperBranch

The SHA1s in front refer to commits. You ought to be able to find these in the branch log, for example .git/logs/refs/heads/master.

The git reflog output you gave looks like refs/heads/masteris missing as well. Its sole content is supposed to be the SHA1 of the latest commit on it (and a newline). You can find the latest SHA1 at the end of the branch log, for example .git/logs/refs/heads/master.

Windows – Why can’t I install Git for Windows with OpenSSH

I've run into this before. Much needs to be done to switch to OpenSSH.

Edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\setup.ini and REMOVE the following lines (IF they are in the file):
```
GIT_SSH=C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\plink.exe
SVN_SSH=C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\plink.exe
```
Edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\profile and REMOVE the line
```
export PLINK_PROTOCOL=ssh
```
Make sure you have an SSH private key file. File is in OpenSSH format NOT in PuTTY private key format, .ppk.
Create a .ssh directory for the Git user and copy the id_rsa file there.
```
md c:\Users\Git_User\.ssh
```
Open a DOS command Window and type in the command
```
set | more
```
Look for GIT_SSH and SVN_SSH
If found, this indicates that it is configured in the Windows Environmental variables. You will need to remove it from there.

From the Start Menu, open the Control Panel

Select User Accounts
Select Change my environment variables
Highlight GIT_SSH ...
Click on Delete
Click on OK

Repeat this for SVN_SSH.

On my machine, doing these operations DISABLES TortoiseGit. It might be better to fix your Git config to use TortoiseGitPlink.exe. There is also a TortoisePlink.exe in the TortoiseGit/bin directory - don't use it. TortoisePlink.exe does NOT work for me.

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