problem cloning an existing git repo

Hi everybody,

I have a problem cloning a git repo. I followed the instructions provided by this link

https://it.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/set-up-git-source-control.html

creating a my ssh keys and placing them in the right directory for MATLAB to retrieve them, but I get an error when I try to clone the repo:

Git internal error (Code = -1, Class = 23): Failed to authenticate SSH session: Unable to open public key file

I don't know what to do because I'm pretty sure the ssh exists, has been associated to my git account properly and indeed the check works fine when I validate it inserting my password. Also the environment variable has been set correctly.

Thanks

[per isakson]

Did you see https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/494543-why-do-i-receive-an-auth-fail-error-when-interacting-with-a-git-remote-over-ssh-in-matlab-or-why-d?s_tid=srchtitle ?

[francesco mantegazza]

Yes I did, I tried to regenerate the ssh keys with the suggested command, restarted matlab but it didn't work unfortunately.

My problem indeed has to do with a previous step since I haven't been able to clone the repo yet.

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

[Andreas Viborg]

I might need to specify the SSH-key explicitly, either type this on the command line or in your startup.m file:

git = settings().matlab.sourcecontrol.git;

git.PrivateKeyFile.PersonalValue = "C:\Users\username\.ssh\id_ed25519";

git.PublicKeyFile.PersonalValue = "C:\Users\username\.ssh\id_ed25519.pub";

See

https://se.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/set-up-git-source-control.html