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[v2,2/5] get_maintainer: use 'https://' instead of 'git://'

Message ID 20181102124220.26558-3-stefanha@redhat.com
State New
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Series Use 'https://' instead of 'git://' | expand

Commit Message

Stefan Hajnoczi Nov. 2, 2018, 12:42 p.m. UTC 
When you clone the repository without previous commit history, 'git://'
doesn't protect from man-in-the-middle attacks.  HTTPS is more secure
since the client verifies the server certificate.

Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
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 scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 43fb5f512f..fc7275b9e2 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@  sub vcs_exists {
 	warn("$P: No supported VCS found.  Add --nogit to options?\n");
 	warn("Using a git repository produces better results.\n");
 	warn("Try latest git repository using:\n");
-	warn("git clone git://git.qemu.org/qemu.git\n");
+	warn("git clone https//git.qemu.org/git/qemu.git\n");
 	$printed_novcs = 1;
     }
     return 0;