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 "https://" even when you'll type "git://" URL. git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git:// With this command, it will add the following lines in you .gitconfig : [url "https://"] insteadOf = git:// That way, you don't have to care about using "gi