How do I pull from a Git repository through an HTTP proxy?

Question

Note: while the use-case described is about using submodules within a project, the same applies to a normal git clone of a repository over HTTP.

I have

Answer 1

If you just want to use proxy on a specified repository, don't need on other repositories. The preferable way is the -c, --config <key=value> option when you git clone a repository. e.g.

$ git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git --config "http.proxy=proxyHost:proxyPort"

Answer 2

You could too edit .gitconfig file located in %userprofile% directory on Windows system (notepad %userprofile%.gitconfig) or in ~ directory on Linux system (vi ~/.gitconfig) and add a http section as below.

Content of .gitconfig file :

[http]
        proxy = http://proxy.mycompany:80

Answer 3

As this was answered by many but This is just for Winodws USER who is behind proxy with auth.

Re-Installing(first failed, Don't remove).

Goto ->
**Windows**
1. msysgit\installer-tmp\etc\gitconfig
    Under [http]
        proxy = http://user:pass@url:port

**Linux**
1. msysgit\installer-tmp\setup-msysgit.sh
      export HTTP_PROXY="http://USER:PASS@proxy.abc.com:8080"

if you have any special char in user/pass use url_encode

Answer 4

You can also set the HTTP proxy that Git uses in global configuration property http.proxy:

git config --global http.proxy http://proxy.mycompany:80

To authenticate with the proxy:

git config --global http.proxy http://mydomain\\myusername:mypassword@myproxyserver:8080/

(Credit goes to @EugeneKulabuhov and @JaimeReynoso for the authentication format.)

Answer 5

For me the git:// just doesn't work through the proxy although the https:// does. This caused some bit of headache because I was running scripts that all used git:// so I couldn't just easily change them all. However I found this GEM

git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf git://github.com/

Answer 6

The above answers worked for me when my proxy doesn't need authentication. If you are using proxy which requires you to authenticate then you may try CCProxy. I have small tutorial on how to set it up here,

http://blog.praveenkumar.co.in/2012/09/proxy-free-windows-xp78-and-mobiles.html

I was able to push, pull, create new repos. Everything worked just fine. Make sure you do a clean uninstall and reinstall of new version if you are facing issues with Git like I did.