Re: Problem with http URL for stable git tree?

["Tuncer Ayaz" <tuncer.ayaz@gmail.com>]

On 6/4/07, Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com> wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 12:10:01PM -0700, Tim Bird wrote:
> >> Greg,
> >>
> >> I'm having problems cloning the stable git tree for 2.6.21.
> >> Here's what I get:
> >>
> >> $ git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.21.y.git stable-2.6.21.y
> >> Cannot get remote repository information.
> >> Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?
> >
> > Ick, don't clone by "http://", please use the git protocol instead:
> >       git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.21.y.git
> >
> > that should work better.
>
> I'm behind a firewall that doesn't allow it.  Luckily, the
> firewall has some holes to allow me ssh access to a few
> external machines.  It looks like I can use a "git:" url on a
> box outside the firewall, then clone that to inside Sony
> with a "git+ssh:" url.
>
> I'll do that, unless someone else has a better suggestion.
> Pushes and pulls will be two steps each, but at least it works.

if you have :22 outbound access you could try git+ssh on git.kernel.org.
I guess you don't have :22 outbound open, do you?