How to convert `git:` urls to `http:` urls

Question

I\'m working behind an http proxy. I\'m trying to clone Android\'s source tree using their \"repo\" tool.

This tool insists on using git:// URLs, even

Answer 1

Here's an example of rewriting the default protocol for GitHub:

git config --global url.https://github.com/.insteadOf git://github.com/

Git documentation for url..insteadOf:

git config [--global] url..insteadOf

Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to start, instead, with . When more than one insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.