[python-win32] DVCS options for pywin32

[Wolfgang Strobl]

Randy Syring <rsyring at inteli-com.com>:

>On 02/15/2011 02:31 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
>> Randy Syring<rsyring at inteli-com.com>:
>>
>>> The only thing that irritates me is that I can't use SSH repo URLs on
>>> windows without using TortoiseHG, at least, I haven't taken the time to
>>> get it working with the hg command line version (which is likely a
>>> platform issue, not HG's fault).
>> I'm not quite sure what you mean by "without using TortoiseHG".  I use
>> TortoiseHG, which comes with hg.exe, so I don't see a point in
>> installing a separate command line compilation of a bare Mercurial, so I
>> don't know (or usually care) whether it works without having TortoiseHG
>> installed.  Anyway, the command line version (hg.exe) works like a
>> charm, here, when using ssh repos on Windows XP (32) and 7 (both 32 and
>> 64).  I'm using pageant from PuTTY, btw.
>>
>>
>I was referring to the inability I was having to do an 'hg clone 
>ssh://... myproj'.  

Well, so was I.  

>However, after posting that last night, I did a 
>little research, and it looks like I just need to do some configuring: 
>http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/AccessingSshRepositoriesFromWindows

Right. As I said above, I'm usually using pageant from the putty
distribution for managing my private keys.  Sometimes, when I've haven't
loaded a necessary key into the pageant key list yet, TortoisePlink
steps into the breach by asking for a password. Usually, I cancel the
operation, adds the necessary key to pageant and repeat the action, 


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