Trying to clone a repo using git protocol leads to https error?

Question

I'm trying to clone a repo over a local network using the git protocol, but am receiving the following error:

~/foobar$ git clone git://192.168.xxx.yyy/
Cloning into '192.168.xxx.yyy'...
fatal: unable to access 'https://192.168.xxx.yyy/': Failed to connect to 192.168.xxx.yyy port 443: Connection refused

A coworker was successfully able to clone using exactly the same command using a mac as a client (I'm using Ubuntu). Any idea why git clone seems to be trying to use https, or how to fix this?

sinclair · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-04 19:23:59Z

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You specify to use the git-protocol in your git clone command, but the error shows that git tried to use https.

This is probably an issue in your git client configuration. If your .gitconfig contains the following remove it

[url "https://"]   
    insteadOf = git://

See: https://coderwall.com/p/sitezg/force-git-to-clone-with-https-instead-of-git-urls

edited Aug 4, 2015 at 19:23

answered Aug 4, 2015 at 19:18

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jonderry Over a year ago

Thanks, but there is no such config in my .gitconfig. Is there anywhere else where this could be configured?

sinclair Over a year ago

Maybe you could look for it in ~/.config/git or /etc/gitconfig

jonderry Over a year ago

Yes, the setting was in /etc/gitconfig.

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