svn+ssh on command line (Windows)

• Required Software
  1. PuTTY^?, Plink, Pageant: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
  2. svn.exe: http://subversion.tigris.org
• Installation
  1. Setup ssh (see http://tortoisesvn.net/ssh_howto)
  2. Setup Pageant: add private key (ie: key.ppk) [Pageant automatically enters your ssh key password]
  3. Verify ssh connection:

              plink user@server
     

     If all goes well, you should be logged on without having to enter password.

  4. Configure subversion to use plink for "svn+ssh". In the ${APPDATA}\Subversion\config file, under the [tunnels] section add (must use slash (/)):

              ssh = /PATH/TO/plink.exe
     

  5. Verify svn+ssh:

              svn list svn+ssh://user@host/$REPO_DIR
     

     If all goes well, you should see the contents of the repository.

  6. Pageant must be running so for convenience you can add it to your startup programs as:

              \\PATH\TO\pageant.exe \\PATH\TO\key.ppk