Git-over-SSH through Socks 5 Proxy on Windows

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:01:52 +0000

Because of my work, I use crappy M$ Windows in my office. And we are behind a bidirectional firewall.

So, how do you do if you need to pull/push code with Git-over-SSH in this scenario? You need a Socks 5 that passes the firewall, and some scripting.

First, you need to install:

Then, you need a script that connects to the Socks 5 server. Like: [sourcecode lang=‘bash’] #!/bin/sh

Tunnelling on Zio Ivan