I tried using git config --global url.https://.insteadOf git:// to clone through a firewall,but its not working

Question

I was trying to clone from the rtems repository

git clone git://git.rtems.org/rtems-source-builder.git

The institute connection has a firewall,so I got a connection timed out error how many ever times i tried.So i reffered

and I diagnosed the problem using

curl http://github.com:9418

and i got this

curl: (7) Failed to connect to github.com port 9418: Connection timed out

which according to the post proves that my firewall is causing the problem,so i followed the post further and did this

git config --global url.https://.insteadOf git://

and i retyped

git clone git://git.rtems.org/rtems-source-builder.git

but this did not work for me and i get the message

Cloning into 'rtems-source-builder'...
fatal: https://git.rtems.org/rtems-source-builder.git/info/refs not valid: is this a git repository?

I don't understand this as .git changes into /info/refs...how is this happening?

Please can someone help me clone the repository.

I am a newbie to linux and git,so it would be helpful if you can be detailed in answering...thank you in advance.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '15 at 06:24

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If you just need to clone you can use http instead.

git protocol is using ssh and it might be blocked as you just saw.

Another thing to try is to add ssh key under your git account if you can and then try again to clone.

answered Dec 06 '15 at 06:24

CodeWizard

Yeah I tried using http....git clone http://git.rtems.org/rtems-source-builder.git But i still get the error – Sambeet Panigrahi Dec 06 '15 at 06:52
Verify that you repository support HTTP. The git admin can block any protocol he wishes. – CodeWizard Dec 06 '15 at 06:53
And I tried adding an ssh key also...following guidelines from https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys/....but i get this how many ever times i try to connect though ssh .....ssh -T [email protected] ......ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out.... – Sambeet Panigrahi Dec 06 '15 at 06:56
how do we check if my repository supports http or not – Sambeet Panigrahi Dec 06 '15 at 06:57
Looks like your company block those ports. You will need to contact your IT department to check it out. its purely network configuration – CodeWizard Dec 06 '15 at 06:57
http is usually for read only. open your web GUI for the GIT server and checkout the clone url there. you should have all the supported protocols – CodeWizard Dec 06 '15 at 06:58
I checked it supports http...but i still get the error message......is it possible for me to clone through the firewall? – Sambeet Panigrahi Dec 06 '15 at 07:31
You should. contact your IT department, its pure network issues, nothing to do with GIT. – CodeWizard Dec 06 '15 at 07:35

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