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Proxy for git

Azure DevOps

Have your own azure devops account and trying to access it within a company network? you can install git credential (GCM) and let the magic happens. When you try to clone it, there will be a login prompt to enter username and password. However, if for some reasons, that does not work. Here is how to do it with git command

• Go to yourorg.visualstudio.com/_usersSettingstokens
• Generate your PAT (Personal Access Token)
• Clone your Repository with this command:

git clone https://anything:yourpersonalaccesstokengoeshere@dev.azure.com/YourOrganization/YourProjectName/_git/RepoName

Also check out Microsoft official documentation

GitHub

Use these commands to set the config for your proxy

Command line

git config --global http.sslVerify false
git config --global https.sslVerify false
git config --global http.proxy http://username:password@yourproxyserver:portnumber
git config --global https.proxy http://username:password@yourproxyserver:portnumber

VS Code settings

• Ctrl + Shift + P
• Enter ‘Open Settings JSON’
• Add these lines

// Place your settings in this file to overwrite the default settings
{
    "http.proxy": "http://username:password@proxyserver:portnumber",
    "http.proxyStrictSSL": false,
}