Fetch via http and proxy which requires authentication

> Hi all,
> i'm looking for a way to use git behind a corporate proxy which
> requires authentication.
> i just need to be able to fetch/pull via http.
> i'm using git on a win xp box.
> Any hint?

>> Hi all,
>> i'm looking for a way to use git behind a corporate proxy which
>> requires authentication.
>> i just need to be able to fetch/pull via http.
>> i'm using git on a win xp box.
>> Any hint?
>
> Yes, google for  http_proxy ;-)
>
> export http_proxy=http://host:port
> git clone http://username:password@giturl

> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Paolo Ciarrocchi
> <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> i'm looking for a way to use git behind a corporate proxy which
>>> requires authentication.
>>> i just need to be able to fetch/pull via http.
>>> i'm using git on a win xp box.
>>> Any hint?
>>
>> Yes, google for  http_proxy ;-)
>>
>> export http_proxy=http://host:port
>> git clone http://username:password@giturl
>
> I tried setting, export http_proxy=http://<user>:<password>@host:port
>
> But git clone failed!
>
> $git clone http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git git
> clone http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/dilipm/bin/linux-2.6/.git/
> fatal:
> http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/info/refs
> download error - The requested file was not found
>
> What may the problem?  How can debug....

> Works for me: $ git version git version 1.6.0.2.1172.ga5ed0
>
> I set in the Environment Variables panel:
>
> Variable          Value http_proxy      http://ip_of_my_proxy