Cause: [remote "repo"] url = http://example.com/git/example.com?foo=bar There is a question mark in the URL of the repo URL. Effect (Taken from Apache logs): [22/Sep/2014:14:12:07 -0400] "GET /git/example.com?foo=bar/info/refs&service=git-receive-pack HTTP/1.1" 403 207 "-" "git/1.9.4.msysgit.1" Git attempts to correct the issue by making the query string continue using ampersands where it would have started the original query string. Expected outcome: The git client should move the ?foo=bar onto the beginning (or end) of the query string that it is creating. For example: [22/Sep/2014:14:12:07 -0400] "GET /git/example.com/info/refs?foo=bar&service=git-receive-pack HTTP/1.1" 403 207 "-" "git/1.9.4.msysgit.1" This is caused on the git client, double checked with Wireshark. I have not tested this on HTTPS, but imagine the output is the same. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html