Unable to clone Git repo

Hi.

I have been trying to clone the following Git repositories but my download freezes after some time. It has been many days since I am stuck with this thing.

git clone root.cern.ch/git/llvm.git
git clone root.cern.ch/git/cling.git
git clone root.cern.ch/git/clang.git

I assume that I have some problem with installation of CERN Root CA certificates on my machine. I have followed all the instructions in the Git How-To page of Root’s website, but nothing has helped me so far. I have also tried downloading snapshots from gitweb, but the download again freezes after a while.

Can anyone can help me figure out what the problem is?

Hi,

It’s not connected to ssl certs; you are using http not https. Usually http should work. It might be that your provider / country is monitoring http connections. You could try https instead which often bypasses these issues but then you indeed need to make sure to either ignore the SSL cert of install it.

Then you have all the network monitoring tools at your hand, e.g. traceroute to see where the packages go, if at all.

Cheers, Axel.

[quote=“Axel”]Hi,

It’s not connected to ssl certs; you are using http not https. Usually http should work. It might be that your provider / country is monitoring http connections. You could try https instead which often bypasses these issues but then you indeed need to make sure to either ignore the SSL cert of install it.

Then you have all the network monitoring tools at your hand, e.g. traceroute to see where the packages go, if at all.

Cheers, Axel.[/quote]

Thanks for your much needed suggestion. It was some problem with the firewall of my university. I just used a VPN and my problem vanished! I have also been able to compile Cling without any obstacles.

Thanks,
Anirudha