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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/12] connect: Fix custom ports with plink (Putty's ssh)
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Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at> writes:

> What about installing a wrapper script, plinkssh, that does this:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> if test "$1" = -p; then
> 	port="-P $2"
> 	shift; shift
> fi
>
> exec plink $port "$@"
>
> and require plink users to set GIT_SSH=plinkssh?

That's quite a nice solution with absolute minimum impact.