Re: Proxy Flag for git-clone, push, pull

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Oct 17, 2023, 05:19 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cR8-s3bGCw6qF12Bcxuy4vB8Gh9H5jTb_r3pUu1LK35-g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 1:15 AM Jaydeep Das <jaydeepjd.8914@gmail.com> wrote:

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> To make git work through proxy, we need to set the `http.proxy` config
> or need to set `http_proxy` environment variable.
>
> However wouldn't it be better if there was a flag in the command
> itself (like npm) which
> overrides whatever proxy is set. Something like
>
> git clone --proxy "http://..." <url>

The -c option allows you to specify configuration on the command-line, so:

    git -c http.proxy="http://..." clone <url>

should do what you want.