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    Using git / ssh through http proxy on windows

If you are moving your development machine from an unrestricted to a restricted network and back, the chances are high
that you will have problems using ssh or git dependent on the network where your computer is currently set up.
A good way to circumvent this is to use a local development proxy (like fiddler) on your computer and to tunnel all connections through it.
For example I am running fiddler on my machine on port 8888  (accepting external connections) and I am using the following setup:
# in .bashrc of git for windows

export https_proxy=http://localhost:8888
export http_proxy=$https_proxy
export ftp_proxy=$https_proxy
export HTTPS_PROXY=$https_proxy
export HTTP_PROXY=$https_proxy
export FTP_PROXY=$https_proxy
export no_proxy={...list of my local addresses and domains...}
export NO_PROXY=$no_proxy

You also don't need extra tooling to configure git and ssh to use your proxy through a tunnel as git for windows comes with connect
tool which can tunnel SSH connections through https.
in /etc/ssh/ssh_config of the git shell:
Host *
  ProxyCommand connect -H localhost:8888 %h %p
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  TCPKeepAlive yes
  IdentitiesOnly yes

Host github.com
  user git
  Port 22
  Hostname github.com


Host gitlab.com
  user git
  Port 22
  Hostname gitlab.com