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Setting Up a Proxy for Git

 
  • 2026年 01月16日

When working with Git, you might encounter slow connection speeds, especially when cloning repositories from GitHub. Setting up a proxy can help improve the connection speed. Here are the steps to configure HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5 proxies for Git.

0x01 Configuring HTTP and HTTPS Proxies

To set up an HTTP or HTTPS proxy, you can use the following commands:

# Set HTTP proxy
git config --global http.proxy "http://127.0.0.1:8080"

# Set HTTPS proxy
git config --global https.proxy "http://127.0.0.1:8080"

For SOCKS5 proxy, use the following commands:

# Set SOCKS5 proxy for HTTP
git config --global http.proxy "socks5://127.0.0.1:1080"

# Set SOCKS5 proxy for HTTPS
git config --global https.proxy "socks5://127.0.0.1:1080"

To remove the proxy settings, use:

# Unset HTTP proxy
git config --global --unset http.proxy

# Unset HTTPS proxy
git config --global --unset https.proxy

0x02 Configuring SSH Proxy

For SSH connections, you need to modify the ~/.ssh/config file. If the file does not exist, create it. Add the following configuration:

# For GitHub SSH connections
Host github.com
HostName github.com
User git
# Use HTTP proxy
# ProxyCommand socat - PROXY:127.0.0.1:%h:%p,proxyport=8080
# Use SOCKS5 proxy
# ProxyCommand nc -v -x 127.0.0.1:1080 %h %p

For Windows users who do not have nc, you can use connect:

# Use SOCKS5 proxy with connect
ProxyCommand connect -S 127.0.0.1:1080 %h %p

0x03 One-Click Proxy Switch Script for Linux

You can create a bash script to quickly enable or disable the proxy settings. Add the following functions to your ~/.bash_profile:

# Enable GitHub proxy
function github_on() {
cat "${HOME}/.ssh/config" > "${HOME}/.ssh/config_back" # Backup
config=$(cat ${HOME}/.ssh/config_back | sed 's/# ProxyCommand/ProxyCommand/g')
echo -e "${config}" > "${HOME}/.ssh/config" && echo -e "\033[36mGitHub proxy enabled!\033[0m"
}

# Disable GitHub proxy
function github_off() {
cat "${HOME}/.ssh/config" > "${HOME}/.ssh/config_back" # Backup
config=$(cat ${HOME}/.ssh/config_back | sed 's/ ProxyCommand/ # ProxyCommand/g')
echo -e "${config}" > "${HOME}/.ssh/config" && echo -e "\033[33mGitHub proxy disabled!\033[0m"
}

After adding these functions, run source ~/.bash_profile to apply the changes. You can then use the following commands to enable or disable the proxy:

# Enable proxy
github_on

# Disable proxy
github_off

These steps should help you set up and manage proxies for Git efficiently.

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