<p>Create a tunnel to github with the git default daemon port like this:</p>
<pre class="console"><code>$ ssh -L9418:github.com:9418 myuser@myhomessh.com</code></pre>
<p>And clone repositories replacing <code>github.com</code> with <code>localhost</code>, like so:</p>
<pre class="console"><code>$ git clone git://localhost/someuser/someproject.git</code></pre>
<p>If you want to preserve the “correct” metadata, there are several options<br />
<ol><br />
<li>replace localhost origin with github.com after cloning<br />
<pre class="console"><code>git remote rm origin
git remote add origin git://github.com/someuser/someproject.git</code></pre></li><br />
<li>add github.com to your hosts file and point it to 127.0.0.1</li><br />
<li>add github.com to your ~/.ssh/config:<br />
<pre><code>Host github.com
HostName localhost
</code></pre></p>
</li>
<li>use your favourite packet forwarder, example for Mac OS X:<br />
<pre class="console"><code>sudo ipfw add 00100 fwd 127.0.0.1,9418 tcp from me to github.com dst-port 9418</code></pre><br />
and when you are done, don’t forget to remove it:<br />
<pre class="console"><code>sudo ipfw delete 00100</code></pre><br />
(use caution, especially if you are using ipfw already and have rule 00100 in place)</li>
</ol>
<p>Stuck behind a corporate firewall? <a href="http://blog.codeslower.com/2008/8/Using-PuTTY-and-SSL-to-securely-access-GitHub-repositories-via-SSH">Justin Bailey</a> has a good guide. Scroll down for a *nix solution as well.</p>
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