# Freeze:edge, github & http urls?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freeze-edge-github-http-urls/152483>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [November 4, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freeze-edge-github-http-urls/152483 "2008-11-04T13:49:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![japj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@japj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/japj)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freeze-edge-github-http-urls/152483/1 "2008-11-04T13:49:52Z")

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Hi,

I just noticed that rake radiant:freeze:edge uses the git:// url syntax  
rather then a http:// git url syntax.  
As a result of this, when you’re behind a corporate firewall that only  
allows http, git won’t be able to fetch a repository.  
I can check out ‘http’ based git repositories without any problems

I manually changed the radiant/lib/tasks/framework.rake “radiant\_git”  
variable to “[GitHub - radiant/radiant: Radiant is a no-fluff, open source content management system designed for small teams.](http://github.com/radiant/radiant.git)”,  
but I was wondering if there was a generic way to deal with this.

Best regards,

Jeroen J.

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**Author:** ![japj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@japj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/japj)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freeze-edge-github-http-urls/152483/2 "2008-11-04T14:55:37Z")

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I don’t know whether github proxies through http requests to the  
git-daemon, but this would be a good addition - have an option to  
download the tarball instead of checking out the source. Patches,  
anyone?

Sean