How to convert `git:` urls to `http:` urls
GitProxyGit Problem Overview
I'm working behind an http proxy. I'm trying to clone Android's source tree using their "repo" tool.
This tool insists on using git:// URLs, even though http:// URLs also work. As a result, I can't download the source.
Is it possible to force git to always use http?
Edit: my http_proxy is configured correctly. For example, this works:
git clone http://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git
But this doesn't (errno=Connection timed out):
git clone git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git
So this answer does not really help me.
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
Here's an example of rewriting the default protocol for GitHub:
git config --global url.https://github.com/.insteadOf git://github.com/
The exact values depend on the protocol in use. For example, the above command for git over ssh will look like:
git config --global url.https://github.com/.insteadOf [email protected]:
Git documentation for url.<base>.insteadOf:
> git config [--global] url.<base>.insteadOf <other_url>
>
> Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to start, instead, with <base>. When more than one insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
Solution 2 - Git
I don't know how this repo tool uses Git (and if you can configure 'repo' to use http protocol), but you can try to trick it using url.<base>.insteadOf configuration variable (see [git-config][] and [git-fetch][] manpages).
Have you tried to use core.gitProxy to pass through firewall, if it is the problme with using git protocol?
[git-config]: http://git-scm.com/docs/git-config "git-config(1) Manual Page - Get and set repository or global options" [git-fetch]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-fetch.html "git-fetch(1) Manual Page - Download objects and refs from another repository"
Solution 3 - Git
I had this same problem with recursively getting submodules in a git repository. I'm behind a crazy firewall that doesn't allow outgoing connections on the git port. Some of the submodules of the submodules were coded as git://github.com/blah/blah.git. This killed my recursive population of submodules. The workaround is the following:
git config --global url."https://<GITUSERNAME>@".insteadOf git://
This replaces git:// with https://<GITUSERNAME>@ in all submodule repository URLs. You need to replace <GITUSERNAME> with your own git username. Also note that the --global is required; just adding this configuration to the base repository directory doesn't work.
Solution 4 - Git
You can verify in ~/.gitconfig if you're overwriting SSH with https://, or vice versa.
Solution 5 - Git
Find your git account's git config file(.gitconfig), modify the followings:
[user]
email = your e-mail account
name = your git account
[url "[email protected]:"]
insteadOf = https://github.com/