Remote Git operations through proxy
If you are like me using Git from behind a firewall and proxy that blocks everything except HTTP, you might want to set the following settings for Git:
// Set proxy for git globally
git config --global http.proxy http://proxy:8080
// To check the proxy settings
git config --get http.proxy
// Just in case you need to you can also revoke the proxy settings
git config --global --unset http.proxy
Source: http://www.vogella.de/articles/Git/article.html#remote_proxy
Happy coding! ;-)