Fetching Code Repositories Without SSL

One of the most annoying things is not being able to clone a code repository from trusted sources such as Github or Bitbucket if you’re behind a network firewall that requires SSL verification. Luckily, you can turn this off in Git via:

git config --global http.sslverify false

If code (or a file) is retrieved via wget then you can turn off certificate checking globally with:

check_certificate = off