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

For the git protocol (git://...), install socat and write a script such as:

#!/bin/sh

exec socat - socks4:your.company.com:$1:$2

make it executable, put it in your path, and in your ~/.gitconfig set core.gitproxy to the name of that script.