Unable to use egit to clone a repository with ssh

Question

I try to clone a GIT repository with EGit using SSH. I can log on to the machine, see the available branches and choose where to put everything locally. Then when I proceed to actually do the cloning, I get an Eclipse "Problem Occured" box stating: "Cloning from ssh://[my user name]@[my address] has encountered a problem. ssh://[my user name]@[my address]: Password:". The details for the problem only list "ssh://[my user name]@[my address]: Password:" twice.

The only possible reason I can think of, might be that on the remote compute only Git 1.6.0.x is installed - and I don't have the rights to update it.

Answer 1

Can you clone the repository using native git? If you can do that, just clone it using native git and then import the project into eclipse using:

File -> Import -> Projects from Git -> Local

If your eclipse runs on Windows, you will need a linux machine (virtual machine will do) and clone the repo into a NTFS or Fat32 formatted storage. Then you will be able to copy the cloned repo into your git folder on the windows machine.