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

The below method works for me:

echo 'export http_proxy=http://username:password@roxy_host:port/' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export https_proxy=http://username:password@roxy_host:port' >> ~/.bash_profile

• Zsh note: Modify your ~/.zshenv file instead of ~/.bash_profile.
• Ubuntu and Fedora note: Modify your ~/.bashrc file instead of ~/.bash_profile.

Answer 2

For me what it worked was:

sudo apt-get install socat

Create a file inside your $BIN_PATH/gitproxy with:

#!/bin/sh 
_proxy=192.168.192.1 
_proxyport=3128 
exec socat STDIO PROXY:$_proxy:$1:$2,proxyport=$_proxyport

Dont forget to give it execution permissions

chmod a+x gitproxy

Run following commands to setup environment:

export PATH=$BIN_PATH:$PATH
git config --global core.gitproxy gitproxy

Answer 3

Use proxychains

proxychains git pull ...

update: proxychains is discontinued, use proxychains-ng instead.

Answer 4

This is an old question but if you are on Windows, consider setting HTTPS_PROXY as well if you are retrieving via an https URL. Worked for me!

Answer 5

I find neither http.proxy nor GIT_PROXY_COMMAND work for my authenticated http proxy. The proxy is not triggered in either way. But I find a way to work around this.

1. Install corkscrew, or other alternatives you want.

2. Create a authfile. The format for authfile is: user_name:password, and user_name, password is your username and password to access your proxy. To create such a file, simply run command like this: echo "username:password" > ~/.ssh/authfile.

3. Edit ~/.ssh/config, and make sure its permission is 644: chmod 644 ~/.ssh/config

Take github.com as an example, add the following lines to ~/.ssh/config:

Host    github.com
        HostName        github.com
        ProxyCommand    /usr/local/bin/corkscrew <your.proxy> <proxy port> %h %p <path/to/authfile>
        User            git

Now whenever you do anything with git@github.com, it will use the proxy automatically. You can easily do the same thing to Bitbucket as well.

This is not so elegant as other approaches, but it works like a charm.

Answer 6

as @user2188765 has already pointed out, try replacing the git:// protocol of the repository with http[s]://. See also this answer