Read the Docs Blog - Posts tagged githttps://blog.readthedocs.com/archive/tag/git/atom.xml2022-03-01T00:00:00ZABlogDeprecation of the git:// protocol on GitHubhttps://blog.readthedocs.com/github-git-protocol-deprecation/2022-03-01T00:00:00Z2022-03-01T00:00:00ZSantos Gallegos<div class="section" id="deprecation-of-the-git-protocol-on-github">
<p>Last year, GitHub <a class="reference external" href="https://github.blog/2021-09-01-improving-git-protocol-security-github/">announced</a> the deprecation of the unsecured Git protocol due to security reasons.
This change will be made permanent on March 15, 2022.</p>
<p>At Read the Docs we found around 900 projects using a Git protocol URL
(<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">git://github.com/user/project</span></code>) to clone their projects.
To save time for our users, we have migrated those to use the HTTPS cloning URL instead
(<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">https://github.com/user/project</span></code>).</p>
<p>But there are other places where projects may be using a Git protocol URL,
like in submodules or dependencies. You’ll need to migrate those to use a supported
protocol in order for your builds to keep working after March 15, 2022.
In most cases, this means changing URLs that start with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">git://</span></code> to start with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">https://</span></code> instead.
If you have doubts, please check the documentation of the tools you are using,
for example:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference external" href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule/#Documentation/git-submodule.txt-set-url--ltpathgtltnewurlgt">Git submodule URLs</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/topics/vcs-support/#git">Pip VCS support</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Note that this applies only to repositories hosted on GitHub</strong>,
repositories using providers that support the Git protocol won’t be affected.</p>
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and breaking changes that may impact projects.
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