JHBuild uses the git protocoal instead of https for cloning the files. I am working in a proxy environment which prevents the cloning using the git protocol.
git url of sample gnome repo : git://git.gnome.org/gnome-common
http url of sample gnome repo: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-common.
Is there any way to transform the git url to https format automatically when JHBuild executes the clone command.
The gnome moduleset defines git.gnome.org as using git:// but this can be changed in the jhbuildrc file.
Add the following line in jhbuildrc.
repos['git.gnome.org'] = 'http://git.gnome.org/browse/'
The file is present usually in ~/.config. Create jhbuildrc file if not present.
If you can't clone a repository with a git:// url because of a proxy or firewall, here is a little git configuration that will force git to use http:// even when you'll type git:// URL.
git config --global url."http://".insteadOf git://
With this command, it will add the following lines in you .gitconfig :
[url "http://"]
insteadOf = git://
That way, you don't have to care about using git:// or http:// when you are cloning repo, both urls will work.
Maybe a well known tweak but discovered it lately...
