Can't clone a github repo on Linux via HTTPS

Question

I\'m trying to do a simple git clone https://github.com/org/project.git on a CentOS box but get:

error: The requested URL returned error:

Answer 1

I had the same problem and error. In my case it was the https_proxy not set. Setting the https_proxy environment variable fixed the issue.

$ export https_proxy=https://:

Example:

$ export https_proxy=https://my.proxy.company.com:8000

Hope this help somebody.