Unable to Connect to GitHub.com For Cloning

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I am trying to clone the angular-phonecat git repository, but I am getting the following message when I enter the command in my Git Bash:

$ git clone git://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat.git  
Cloning into 'angular-phonecat'...  
fatal: unable to connect to github.com:  
github.com[0: 204.232.175.90]: errno=No error

@Laurent This is the one i got:Pinging github.com [204.232.175.90] with 32 bytes of data: — Mohamed Hussain, Apr 30 '13 at 12:32
@Laurent Pinging github.com [204.232.175.90] with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 204.232.175.90: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss), — Mohamed Hussain, Apr 30 '13 at 13:15
Try this command: `git clone https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat.git` (using https) — Chronial, Apr 30 '13 at 13:20
@Chronical yes i guess.. how to know i am behind the firewall. Please help me to find this. — Mohamed Hussain, Apr 30 '13 at 13:49
@Chronial After using the https:// as u suggested i am able to clone the repository. thanks a lot. You saved my day. put the answer in answer's section. — Mohamed Hussain, Apr 30 '13 at 13:55
You can find answer from this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21789683/how-to-fix-bower-ecmderr — Vahap Gencdal, Mar 17 '16 at 08:49
you can find answer from this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21789683/how-to-fix-bower-ecmderr — Vahap Gencdal, Mar 17 '16 at 08:50
I'm facing this issue only sometimes but from different servers im cloning on. Sometimes a rerun works, sometimes I have to try it multiple times... So in the same time 2 Server can clone the repo while another can't. — zypro, Feb 20 '20 at 08:36

score 329 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '13 at 14:09

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You are probably behind a firewall. Try cloning via https – that has a higher chance of not being blocked:

git clone https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat.git

answered Apr 30 '13 at 14:09

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thanks it helped me too. I just updated url line inside .git > config ==> to https ://git@git...xxx – STEEL May 29 '14 at 09:21
worked for me but had to disable 2 factor auth when cloning from private organization repo – lfender6445 Sep 26 '14 at 22:45
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Any advice on what to do if HTTPS is getting timed out as well? – gjw80 Dec 12 '14 at 14:30
@STEEL Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I had tried all of those `insteadOf` commands multiple times with different options and noticed that my `~/.git_config` was messed up. I removed all of them, disabled my Mac OSX Firewall and now everything works. – fulvio Apr 28 '16 at 04:33
Unfortunately this won't work if a dependency has dependencies with "angular/angular-phonecat". – sclausen Jul 15 '16 at 06:44

score 300 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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You can make git replace the protocol for you

git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://

See more at SO Bower install using only https?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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answered Sep 19 '13 at 07:56

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thanks man. i was also hving same issue while work from office internet. which doesnt allow SSH url. – STEEL Jun 25 '14 at 09:05
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Is there a way to make this work only for domain github.com? – Gavin Dec 11 '15 at 16:24
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`git config --global url."https://github.com".insteadOf git://github.com` – Javier Abrego Apr 03 '17 at 12:41
i would mark this as the perfect answer, for those are using repo/yocto way – zappy Apr 23 '19 at 06:23
This can also be undone in `~/.gitconfig` if you only want to apply it temporarily. – GDP2 Aug 26 '19 at 21:23

score 30 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 25 '15 at 07:35

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I had the same error because I was using proxy. As the answer is given but in case you are using proxy then please set your proxy first using these commands:

git config --global http.proxy http://proxy_username:proxy_password@proxy_ip:port
git config --global https.proxy https://proxy_username:proxy_password@proxy_ip:port

answered Jun 25 '15 at 07:35

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what proxy_username?? – KansaiRobot Oct 27 '17 at 01:14
To use the default proxy credentials, use the following commands: `git config --global http.proxy http://:@proxy_ip:port` and `git config --global https.proxy https://:@proxy_ip:port` – Louis 'LYRO' Dupont Mar 04 '19 at 14:14
The below commands also work for me. git config --global http.proxy http://proxy_ip:port git config --global https.proxy https://proxy_ip:port – Prometheus Jan 30 '20 at 05:52

score 16 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 22 '15 at 00:07

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Open port 9418 on your firewall - it's a custom port that Git uses to communicate on and it's often not open on a corporate or private firewall.

answered Oct 22 '15 at 00:07

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if you are already using https:// and still having issues, try this answer. i just had to add a 9418 port trigger on my router and it worked. – thurt Mar 28 '18 at 17:52

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 01 '21 at 00:02

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I was having this problem but just realized that GitHub must be one of the sites my ISP's "child safe" filter blocks by default. Presumably there are some, er, adult code repositories out there. I added github.com to the Allow List on my ISP account page and all is working now. Might be worth checking if you have a similar filter in place.

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answered Aug 31 '21 at 18:43

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score -4 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 02 '14 at 14:49

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You can try to clone using the HTTPS protocol. Terminal command:

git clone https://github.com/RestKit/RestKit.git

edited Apr 02 '14 at 14:49

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answered Nov 19 '13 at 04:57

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Can you share something similar for Windows – Achyut Mar 25 '14 at 06:06
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your answer is the same as Chronial, that is the answer checked as right for this question. – androidevil Feb 11 '15 at 13:40

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