Re: Setting http proxy and http password

From: Christoph Bartoschek <bartoschek@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 22, 2010, 23:32 UTC
Message-ID: <p4brr7-t56.ln1@homer.bruehl.pontohonk.de>
In-Reply-To: <vpqeiadc6sb.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy wrote:

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> Christoph Bartoschek <bartoschek@gmx.de> writes:
> 
>> 1. How can I set the proxy that should be used for git commands? For
>> externals pages I have a proxy. But for our git server no proxy should be
>> used. How can I configure git to never use the proxy?
> 
> Search for proxy here:
> 
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-config.html
> 
> but I think the more or less standard $http_proxy environment variable
> does the trick.
> 
>> 2. How can I have git remember the username and password for our git
>> server?
> 
> Either use ~/.netrc (see
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/setup-git-server-

over-http.txt

> ), or set the URL of the remote repo to
> http(s)://user:password@server.com/path in .git/config (after
> restricting read permissions on this file appropriately, of course).
>

Thanks for the reply.

For the first problem I now use the environment variable no_proxy. Adding http_proxy="" in front of each git command that communicates with the depot is a little bit tedious.

For the second problem I now use the .netrc file.

Christoph