X server migrated to git

[Paul Collins]

Mr E_T <troll at arach.net.au> writes:

> On Sunday 11 June 2006 12:29, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
>> Keith Packard wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 20:29 +0200, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
>> > 
>> >> Would it be possible to set up http or anonymous ssh accesss to git for 
>> >> people behind firewalls that block git's port ?
>> > 
>> > Yes, it turns out to be surprisingly easy.
>> > 
>> > git clone http://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libX11.git
>> > 
>> > appears to work just fine.
>> > 
>> > Yes, you need the trailing '.git', no it doesn't end up in the directory
>> > name you get. Go figure.
>> 
>> FYI, you can also specify some arbitrary name after that command for the
>> directory.
> Can git use a http proxy ?

It uses libcurl, so setting the http_proxy environment variable should work.

-- 
Paul Collins
Melbourne, Australia

Dag vijandelijk luchtschip de huismeester is dood