Using a socks proxy with git for the http transport

Question

How to make git use a socks proxy for HTTP transport?

I succeed in configuring git with GIT_PROXY_COMMAND to use a socks proxy for GIT transport.

Also, I hav

Answer 1

I tested with Git 1.8.2 and SOCKS v5 proxy, following setting works for me:

git config --global http.proxy 'socks5://127.0.0.1:7070'

UPDATE 2017-3-31:

According to the document, despite the name http.proxy, it should work for both HTTP and HTTPS repository urls. Thanks @user for pointing out this.

UPDATE 2018-11-27:

To disable the proxy, run command:

git config --global --unset http.proxy

EDIT 2019-03-04:

If you also want the host name to be resolved using the proxy, use thuzhf's solution below, which uses socks5h instead of socks5

Answer 2

I use the following command to clone a specific repository from socks5 proxy. The proxy settings are specified with --config option.

$ git clone https://github.com/xxxxx --config 'http.proxy=socks5://127.0.0.1:1234'

Answer 3

None of the suggested methods worked for me, so I found another approach as the following instruction:

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1. Make a tunnel (dynamic port forwarding) over SOCKS5 protocol using ssh:
   ssh -ND 9994 user@YourSshServer

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2. Install proxychains on your localhost, not the ssh server you're connected to:

• Using apt-get:
  sudo apt-get install proxychains
• Using its GitHub repository:
  _{Check Installation section on its readme file.
  How to set socks5 proxy on firefox}

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3. Edit your proxychains configure file:
   sudo nano /etc/proxychains.conf then add the following line at the end of file:
   socks5 127.0.0.1 9994

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4. Now we are ready to do a git command (proxychains must be placed before the command):
   proxychains git push origin develop

Answer 4

(Just a little reminder) If you want the hostname also be resolved by the proxy (that means passing everything through the proxy), especially when you are cloning a gist, you can use the following setting (the key is that it uses socks5h instead of socks5):

git config --global http.proxy socks5h://127.0.0.1:1080

Answer 5

If you do not want to set the proxy as global config, try ALL_PROXY= e.g.:

$ ALL_PROXY=socks5://127.0.0.1:8888 git clone https://github.com/some/one.git

Answer 6

Just in reference to @briankip and removing the http proxy setting as Yang.Y mentioned you can directly edit the ini file.

You can also do this on the command line using

git config --global --unset http.proxy

To confirm it has been removed list the current configuration using

git config --list