HTTP Cloning : Github

You can now clone public repositories hosted on GitHub over HTTP. This is very slow and should only be used if the git port (9418) is blocked due to a firewall or other tomfoolery.


https://github.com/blog/92-http-cloning 


How to Setup behind a proxy

http.proxy=http://172.16.0.1:3128
https.proxy=https://172.16.0.1:3128
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
core.editor=vim
remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
remote.origin.url=https://github.com/yours/yours.git
branch.master.remote=origin
branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master