git pull -> HTTP error 429 (too many requests)
git pull fails with HTTP 429; using 'git://' instead of 'https://' resolves the issue.
Georg-Johann Lay reported receiving an HTTP 429 error when trying to git pull the GCC repository. Josef Melcr suggested using the git:// protocol instead of https://, which resolved the problem for Lay.
- proposer
Reported an HTTP 429 error when attempting to `git pull` the GCC repository.
“fatal: unable to access 'https://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc.git/': The requested URL returned error: 429”
- contributor
Suggested using the `git://` protocol as an alternative to `https://` to bypass the HTTP 429 error.
“Try 'git://' instead of 'https://'.”
- proposer
Confirmed that switching to the `git://` protocol resolved the `git pull` issue.
In Details
This discussion concerns a git access issue for the GCC source repository. The user encountered HTTP 429 errors when using HTTPS, a common rate-limiting response from web servers. Switching to the git protocol (git://) bypasses the web server's rate limiting.