From: Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:34:42 GMT
Subject: Re: GIT and SSH
Message-ID: <gcvg.1112281234.3780@landroval.ancalagon.de>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20111228T091942-66@post.gmane.org>

Reza Mostafid schrieb:

> a.) Does the communication that takes place between a GIT `client` and a remote
>     GIT `repository` involve 'ssh' traffic?

Depends on how you do it (as already described by others).

> Our connections here are heavily censored and ssh traffic is suppressed most of
> the time which is why I need to figure out why a simple  
>
>     $ git clone git://<URL> 
>
> command chokes to a halt and freezes most of the time ( the same command when
> executed remotely on our V.P.S. in Europe works flawlessly ).

"git://" uses the git protocol which does not involve SSH.

    $ git clone ssh://<URL>

would use SSH.

-thh