Using a socks proxy with git for the http transport

Question

How to make git use a socks proxy for HTTP transport?

I succeed in configuring git with GIT_PROXY_COMMAND to use a socks proxy for GIT transport.

Also, I hav

Answer 1

I use the following command to clone a specific repository from socks5 proxy. The proxy settings are specified with --config option.

$ git clone https://github.com/xxxxx --config 'http.proxy=socks5://127.0.0.1:1234'