On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Dilip M <dilipm79@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Paolo Ciarrocchi > <paolo.ciarrocchi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> i'm looking for a way to use git behind a corporate proxy which >>> requires authentication. >>> i just need to be able to fetch/pull via http. >>> i'm using git on a win xp box. >>> Any hint? >> >> Yes, google for http_proxy ;-) >> >> export http_proxy=http://host:port >> git clone http://username:password@giturl > > I tried setting, export http_proxy=http://<user>:<password>@host:port > > But git clone failed! > > $git clone http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git git > clone http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/dilipm/bin/linux-2.6/.git/ > fatal: > http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/info/refs > download error - The requested file was not found > > What may the problem? How can debug.... Works for me: $ git version git version 1.6.0.2.1172.ga5ed0 I set in the Environment Variables panel: Variable Value http_proxy http://ip_of_my_proxy Regards, -- Paolo http://paolo.ciarrocchi.googlepages.com/ -- 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