At work being behind a corporate firewall I have no choice but to use
the http protocol inorder to get the latest development of orgmode.
unfortunately it doesn't seem to work.
Here's what I get:
bash> export http_proxy=http://user:p...@proxyhostname:80/
bash> git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/org-m
I was under the impression that downloading/pulling only the changes
from git (even with the *dumb* http method) would be "better" than
getting repeatedly the whole archive.
According to some posts on this thread, maybe the above assumption is
not correct with git. is that right ?
Still, it seem
Thanks for all your help.
Turns out that the git version was 1.4.* and has a bug that prevented
proper use of http_proxy settings.
Upgrading to git 1.6.3.3 solved the problem.
Now I can use git clone http://
Scot Becker writes:
> Just tried:
>git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/org-mode.
If this is relevant your question, you may want to look into setting up
a http CONNECT proxy, to use the efficient git protocol through your
corporate proxy.
I found these articles while searching for my problem.
http://www.emilsit.net/blog/archives/how-to-use-the-git-protocol-through-a-http-conn
