Lets show the --global .gitconfig first, as git and as jgit sees it!!! from a DOS window as well as from a Cgywin window
E:\> git config --list --global
http.auth.preference=Basic
user.name=Josef Stadelmann
user.email=josef.stadelmann@axa-winterthur.ch
http.proxy=http://C770817:MyPassword@bcproxyserver.ch.winterthur.com:8080
E:\>
Now lets look from a Cygwin Window with JGit
$ jgit config --list --global
http.auth.preference=Basic
user.email=josef.stadelmann@axa-winterthur.ch
user.name=Josef Stadelmann
http.proxy=http://C770817:MyPassword@bcproxyserver.ch.winterthur.com:8080
WE CAN SEE THE SAME CONFIGURATION THEN WHY DOES
C770817@C036357 ~
$ jgit ls-remote https://github.com/stadelma/HelloWorld.git
fatal: Connection time out: github.com
fatal: https://github.com/stadelma/HelloWorld.git: cannot open git-upload-pack
timeout BUT
C770817@C036357 ~
$ git ls-remote http://github.com/stadelma/HelloWorld.git
35f375cb64208b64ed499c2a47727dfcd8813dea HEAD
35f375cb64208b64ed499c2a47727dfcd8813dea refs/heads/master
C770817@C036357 ~
$
works properly reading the same .gitconfig at
/cygdrive/e/mingw/home/.gitconfig
????
Any advise welcome - OR - shall I just start debugging jgit ?
Josef