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git:// warn as connection not secure

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JGJonny Grant <jg@jguk.org>
Date
Dec 1, 2023, 11:57 UTC
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Hello May I ask if anyone has suggested adding a default warning that git:// is not a secure connection?

ie "warning: git:// is not a secure connection. https and ssh are secure."

$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git Cloning into 'linux'... remote: Enumerating objects: 9863119, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (2360/2360), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1282/1282), done. ^Cceiving objects: 0% (8779/9863119), 3.21 MiB | 6.41 MiB/s

Kind regards Jonny

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