Pretty much, you should just follow the great instructions here:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/41560/how-to-get-ssh-command-line-access-to-windows-7-using-cygwin/
Tag Archives: ssh
Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display – how to fix
When you are using git via SSH, the first time you try to commit something, you might get this error:
[bash]
(gnome-ssh-askpass:1266): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
[/bash]
The fix is really quite simple:
[bash]unset SSH_ASKPASS[/bash]