Git Clone is too slow

Question

This is my first time to construct the git server. When I use TortoiseGit-1.8.1.0-32bit to handle the operation, everything is fine!

But if i use the git clone

Answer 1

There are two issues at play here:

1. Your OpenSSL is not up to date
2. The SSH protocol is slower than HTTPS (but not by much)

Part 1. OpenSSL

After following the directions from the article, http://darrell.mozingo.net/2011/09/29/painfully-slow-clone-speeds-with-msysgit-gitextensions/, I successfully boosted my network throughput for the git clone operation from 1 MiB/s to 28 MiB/s. This result was achieved by upgrading OpenSSL from version 0.9.8e to version 1.0.1e.

Part 2. SSH protocol

The SSH protocol a little bit slower than the HTTPS protocol, but not enough to warrant the speed differences I mentioned in Part 1 or what you are seeing. Please read through this article for more information on the Git protocols: http://media.pragprog.com/titles/tsgit/chap-008-extract.html.