Getting Git to work with a proxy server - fails with “Request timed out”

Question

How do I get Git to use a proxy server?

I need to check out code from a Git server, but it shows \"Request timed out\" every time. How do I get around this?

Answer 1

If you are using ubuntu, then do the following ...

Step 1 : Install corkscrew

$ sudo apt-get install corkscrew

Step 2 : Write a script named git-proxy.sh and add the following

#!/bin/sh

exec corkscrew   $*

#  and  are the ip address and port of the server
# e.g. exec corkscrew 192.168.0.1 808 $*

Step 3 : Make the script executable

$ chmod +x git-proxy.sh

Step 4 : Set up the proxy command for GIT by setting the environment variable

$ export GIT_PROXY_COMMAND="//git-proxy.sh"

Now use the git commands,such as

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git