# Shallow over http or ftp not supported **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 13, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shallow-over-http-or-ftp-not-supported/140348 "2008-06-13T04:54:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![partydrone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@partydrone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/partydrone)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shallow-over-http-or-ftp-not-supported/140348/1 "2008-06-13T04:54:05Z")
I am trying to install a custom plugin in my Rails app: ``` script/plugin install ``` [http://git.eyequeue.net/plugins/mt\_capistrano.git](http://git.eyequeue.net/plugins/mt_capistrano.git) Instead of installing the plugin, I get the following error: ``` shallow over http or ftp not supported ``` Any ideas on how to fix this? Is it OK to do a git clone in my vendor/ plugins directory? ---
**Author:** ![partydrone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@partydrone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/partydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shallow-over-http-or-ftp-not-supported/140348/2 "2008-07-22T05:03:17Z")
Hi - did you have any luck with this? Now that github supports http cloning (yay!) I am installing rspec via git, and the ‘script/plugin’ method isn’t working for me either. I got it working by following the first set of instructions at [Home · dchelimsky/rspec-rails Wiki · GitHub](http://github.com/dchelimsky/rspec-rails/wikis/home) - i.e. doing a full git clone into vendor/plugins. But this seems a bit overly complex to me… - Korny On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:53 PM, partydrone [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > plugins directory? > > > – Kornelis Sietsma korny at my surname dot com