How to make git to work with pagent(putty) on Windows ?

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Published on 2010-03-18T09:49:06Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 9:51 UTC
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I'm using Windows x64 and I'm not able to make msysgit to work using pagent authentication.

Here are some details:

Putty is working without pagent without any problems.
I have only one key loaded in pagent
SSH auth using putty to [email protected] works (not shell allowed)

The problem is that:

 plink -v -a -ssh [email protected] git version
 FATAL ERROR: Network error: Connection timed out

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