Git installation file not downloading

Favour Ajao-Rotimi· Jul 9, 2024, 10:24 UTC · lore

Hi good day,

The link to download git to my PC is having issues. It keeps giving an error 'object.gitusercontent took too long to respond'. Please find the attached image. I've tried using a different browser and also from windows powerShell as I saw online nothing seems to be working.

Your help would be greatly appreciated Thank you.

brian m. carlson· Jul 9, 2024, 21:13 UTC · re: Favour Ajao-Rotimi · lore

Re: Git installation file not downloading

On 2024-07-09 at 10:24:52, Favour Ajao-Rotimi wrote:

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> Hi good day,
> 
> The link to download git to my PC is having issues. It keeps giving an
> error 'object.gitusercontent took too long to respond'. Please find
> the attached image. I've tried using a different browser and also from
> windows powerShell as I saw online nothing seems to be working.

I'm going to assume you're trying to download the latest Git for Windows release, which is hosted on GitHub and does appear to redirect to objects.githubusercontent.com.

I don't see a problem on my Linux system, which downloads the file just fine. Do you have any sort of proxy installed, including a TLS middlebox, non-default antivirus or firewall (that is, anything other than Windows Defender or Windows Firewall), or any sort of monitoring software? The reason I ask is that some large companies (and some individual users of antivirus) have this kind of proxy and it blocks certain types of data.

If you're using a non-default antivirus or firewall, can you try to completely uninstall it and reboot, and then try again? Unfortunately, disabling it is not enough sometimes and won't fix the problem.

Another possibility is that you're using some custom DNS, which also might send you to the wrong site to "protect" you, or that you're simply in a location where you have poor connectivity to GitHub's object storage location.

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brian m. carlson (they/them or he/him)
Toronto, Ontario, CA