Using Github Private Repos Behind a Corporate Proxy

This is on RHEL5.

First thing to do is install the corkscrew SSH tunneling tool.

Edit the ~/.ssh/config file...

 # ~/.ssh/config  
 Host gitproxy  
 Hostname ssh.github.com  
 Port 443  
 ProxyCommand /usr/local/bin/corkscrew PROXYHOST PROXYPORT %h %p  

Test it with...

 # ssh -v -v gitproxy 

Git commands should now refer to the "gitproxy" name. In an already existing git repo you cad edit the .git/config file like so.....

 # PROJECTHOME/.git/config
....
[remote "origin"]
   url = git@gitproxy:GITUSERNAME/PROJECTNAME.git
....