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 windows users: if git config or set http_proxy= doesn't work, this answer may help:

replace the git:// protocol of the git repository with http://. Note, you'll have to set the http_proxy first, anyways.