Git through a Proxy. What is causing the 407 error when cloning?

Question

I'm trying to use Git through a proxy. I've tried setting parameters 'git config --global' in a lot of ways but always without success when cloning repositories.

I did:

git config --global http.proxy http://DOMAIN\\\username:[email protected]:8080
git config --global http.sslverify false
git clone http://github.com/project/project.git

And I got:

$ git clone http://github.com/project/project.git folder
Cloning into 'folder'...
error: The requested URL returned error: 407 while accessing http://github.com/project/project.git/info/refs
fatal: HTTP request failed

So, how can I debug this or enable logging in Git to discover why I'm still getting the 407 error? Is there some parameter in Git to verbosely show what is happening to catch the right point where the error is occurring?

Answer 1

I had a similar problem trying to git push from a Git Bash client in Windows.

I fixed it just by browsing to the site using Chrome.
Then I came back to Git Bash and it worked right away

For clarity, my GIT repository URL looks like http://[email protected]/myproject.git
And I browsed to http://www.cloudforge.com

My understanding is that it forces the proxy to resolve this domain.

Answer 2

You can enable trace logging to get more information about what Git is doing. Following is an example:

GIT_TRACE=$HOME/trace.log git co master

You must use absolute paths if you want to send output to a file. Otherwise, use true or 1 to send output to standard error; e.g. GIT_TRACE=1.

Answer 3

If you're already behind a proxy and getting this error, you will have to clear http.proxy and https.proxy: git config --global --unset http.proxy git config --global --unset https.proxy