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Using github through SSH tunnel
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github-proxy-ssh-tunnel-howto.md 
# Prerequisites: netcat-openbsd (BSD version of netcat)
$ ssh -fND 127.0.0.1:8081 user@<your-vps>
$ git config --global url."https://github".insteadOf git://github
$ git config --global http.proxy 'socks5://127.0.0.1:8081'
$ echo -e 'Host github.com\nProxyCommand nc -x 127.0.0.1:8081 %h %p' >> ~/.ssh/config

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