title: Git connection time out trying to clone via proxy
body: <p>I am getting a connection timeout error when I try to clone a Git repo via a proxy server. </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>git clone <code>http://opensource.freescale.com/pub/scm/imx/linux-2.6-imx.git</code><br>
    Cloning into linux-2.6-imx...<br>
    error: Failed connect to opensource.freescale.com:8080; Connection timed out while accessing <code>http://opensource.freescale.com/pub/scm/imx/linux-2.6-imx.git/info/refs</code></p>
    
    <p>fatal: HTTP request failed</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I used corkscrew and set my git proxy to the server address and port. How else can I download or clone a Git repo over proxy?</p>