How to set Proxy server

[MasonAlice]

I just want to config a proxy server for fork, instead of setting global proxy config for git.

[DanPristupov]

Why is that important? What is the use case?

[MasonAlice]

Why is that important? What is the use case?

Because I am in China, github can only be accessed through proxies!

[DanPristupov]

Then configure proxy in the command line: #220

[gobater]

@DanPristupov , how does gitfork access to gravatar.com?
The gravatar's stopped working in fork. Not sure if it might be due to the corporate proxy? (access to git is fine)

[DanPristupov]

@gobater

how does gitfork access to gravatar.com?

I just checked the source code:

var client = new System.Net.WebClient();
client.DownloadDataCompleted += (sender, args) => { /* */}
client.DownloadDataAsync(GravatarUri(email));

The gravatar's stopped working in fork. Not sure if it might be due to the corporate proxy? (access to git is fine)

It could be. Looks like WebClient doesn't use system proxy by default.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/21183464

As a test, try to add to %localappdata%\fork\app-1.92.0\Fork.exe.config:

<system.net>
    <defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials="true" />
</system.net>

[gobater]

Hi @DanPristupov ,

Now it works. It's curious that if I remove the Proxy setting in the config and restart fork, I still see the avatars. Are they cached?

[DanPristupov]

It's curious that if I remove the Proxy setting in the config and restart fork, I still see the avatars. Are they cached?

No, not intentionally, at least. May be there is a cache on the system level, but Fork does not cache avatars between sessions.

[gobater]

Just had some time to further detail the issue...

My enterprise uses a proxy, which is setup via PAC. When I'm not connected to the enterprise network, PAC configuration fails, and many tools fallback to "no-proxy" (e.g. chrome, edge, firefox... which all are configured to use the system settings). However, in this case, Git Fork fails to connect to gravatar (independently of the settings in Fork.exe.config)

As soon as I connect to the enterprise network (e.g. via VPN) Git Fork connects to gravatar without issues (independently of the settings in Fork.exe.config) --> so the real problem I'm facing is falling back to "no-proxy" when the configured proxy cannot be reached or when PAC cannot be reached...

[brandonh-msft]

I would like to see a way to do this outside of the netfx app config file. Requiring this method means every time Fork updates, I have to go into the new app-<version> folder and make the same edit to it.

Additionally, for proxies that require certs this doesn't appear to work. I have the CA Bundle specified in my global git config, but Fork cannot pull, push, fetch from the remote repositories. Git in terminal, however, can just fine.

For reference, here are the http settings I have set:

http.sslbackend=openssl
http.proxy=http://<my-corp-proxy>:8080
http.sslcainfo=C:/Users/<me>/cacert.mycorp.pem
https.proxy=http://<my-corp-proxy>:8080

In Fork on a fetch I get

fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/my-corp/my-repo.git/': schannel: CertGetCertificateChain trust error CERT_TRUST_REVOCATION_STATUS_UNKNOWN

while git fetch works just fine from terminal

[alexandrejobin]

Any news on this? I have to add <defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials="true" /> to the config file but as soon as the app is updated, the config file is reseted to I need to add it back again.

Any way to make it permanent or use the default proxy in windows?

[DanPristupov]

We added the useDefaultCredentials proxy setting in Fork 2.14.

[alexandrejobin]

Works great with 2.14! Thank you!