How to point Git to use cntlm

Question

I am working behind a proxy and I can't access github.com. I read that cntlm can fix this issue. I am still struggling with filling the proxy information.

So my question is, how to point Git to use cntlm to bypass the proxy?

Answer 1

In case you actually would want to use CNTLM, it would be configured to git like a regular proxy.

So where you would specify your NTLM proxy like this:

git config --global https.proxy https://user:[email protected]:port
git config --global http.proxy http://user:[email protected]:port

For CNTLM, you'd just specify your port where CNTLM would be listening at, using localhost:

git config --global https.proxy https://127.0.0.1:port
git config --global http.proxy http://127.0.0.1:port

I have it running on local port 3128, so for me it is

git config --global https.proxy https://127.0.0.1:3128
git config --global http.proxy http://127.0.0.1:3128

Even if NTLM proxy is supported by git, you might not want to use it that way as it stores your user/pass in clear text. With CNTLM, you have the possibility of using a centralized location where password can be stored as encrypted.

Answer 2

You don't need CNTLM for git version 1.7.10 and newer, as it's your case.

See my answer here https://stackoverflow.com/a/10848870/352672 for details, you can just configure/test this way:

git config --global http.proxy http://user:[email protected]:port
git clone http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-contacts