When running `pod repo update` the following error is generated:

    Updating spec repo `master`
    [!] Failed to connect to GitHub to update the CocoaPods/Specs specs repo - Please check if you are offline, or that GitHub is down

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Using cocoapods 1.0.1

I&#39;m also aware of this: [Master spec-repo rate limiting post‑mortem][1].

  [1]: http://blog.cocoapods.org/Master-Spec-Repo-Rate-Limiting-Post-Mortem/

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Adding --verbose flag to the call shows the ruby call stack:

    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods-core/github.rb:100:in `modified_since_commit&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods-core/master_source.rb:32:in `requires_update?&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods-core/master_source.rb:14:in `update&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:88:in `block (2 levels) in update&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:63:in `section&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:87:in `block in update&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:86:in `each&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:86:in `update&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/command/repo/update.rb:23:in `run&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/claide-1.0.0/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:50:in `run&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/bin/pod:55:in `&lt;top (required)&gt;&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/pod:23:in `load&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/pod:23:in `&lt;main&gt;&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval&#39;
    .rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `&lt;main&gt;&#39;


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Can&#39;t find any way to workaround this and cannot run the project.


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