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

None of the suggested methods worked for me, so I found another approach as the following instruction:

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1. Make a tunnel (dynamic port forwarding) over SOCKS5 protocol using ssh:
   ssh -ND 9994 user@YourSshServer

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2. Install proxychains on your localhost, not the ssh server you're connected to:

• Using apt-get:
  sudo apt-get install proxychains
• Using its GitHub repository:
  _{Check Installation section on its readme file.
  How to set socks5 proxy on firefox}

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3. Edit your proxychains configure file:
   sudo nano /etc/proxychains.conf then add the following line at the end of file:
   socks5 127.0.0.1 9994

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4. Now we are ready to do a git command (proxychains must be placed before the command):
   proxychains git push origin develop