This is a note on how to set up a proxy for git.

How to set up a proxy for git? ¹

Transport protocols supported by Git

Git supports transport protocols including ssh, git, http and https. The following syntaxes may be used with them:

• ssh://[<user>@]<host>[:<port>]/<path-to-git-repo>

• git://<host>[:<port>]/<path-to-git-repo>

• http[s]://<host>[:<port>]/<path-to-git-repo>

Git uses the proxy method of the HTTP / HTTPS transport protocol

• Repositories for all domains:

git config --global http.proxy <protocol>://<host>:<port>

• Repositories for specific domains:

git config --global http.<url>.proxy <protocol>://<host>:<port>

Git uses the proxy method of the SSH transport protocol

• Windows - HTTP

Edit ~/.ssh/config file:

Host github.com
    User git
    ProxyCommand connect -H 127.0.0.1:7890 %h %p

• Windows - SOCKS

Edit ~/.ssh/config file:

Host github.com
    User git
    ProxyCommand connect -S 127.0.0.1:7891 %h %p

Cancel proxy

• For HTTP / HTTPS:

git config --global --unset http.proxy

git config --global --unset https.proxy

• For SSH:

Edit ~/.ssh/config file

Add “#” before the ProxyCommand line.