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Re: Is there a debug mode for git-clone https traffic?

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Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Date
May 18, 2011, 05:29 UTC
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On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:

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> I''m trying to debug a problem where over a https proxy I have
> "warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout."
> when doing git-clone.
>
> I suspect that it might be an overzealous security scanner sitting in
> the middle.
>
> Is there some debugging mode for git-clone where it'll dump the
> traffic being sent over the wire that I could use to confirm this?

Run the process with GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1. There's also another option to debug communication between transport helpers but I forget what it is.

-- Cheers, Ray Chuan

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  1. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 17, 2011
  2. Richard PetersonMay 18, 2011
  3. Tay Ray ChuanMay 18, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2011
  5. Jeff KingMay 18, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2011
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 23, 2011

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