GitHub Windows client behind proxy

Question

I\'m trying to get the GitHub client for Windows working. I am on a corporate Win 7 x64 computer behind a corporate proxy and firewall. Following various other posts and exp

Answer 1

Add these entries to your '.gitconfig' file in your user directory (go to %USERPROFILE%):

[http]
    proxy = http://:

[https]
    proxy = https://:

And if you don't want to store your password in plaintext, I would use a local proxy forwarder like CNTLM which allows you to direct all traffic through it and can store the passwords hashed.

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Unlike the original question, if you don't care if your password is in plain text add these:

[http]
    proxy = http://:@:

[https]
    proxy = https://:@: