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=Disabling SSL certificate verification for Git/Egit/etc=

If you find you cannot connect to https://source.jalview.org/git/jalview.git then it's probable that your client is having problem with the repository's SSL certificate. That means you'll need to disable SSL cert verification for your git client.

== Disabling SSL on the command line git ==

To do this for the git command line client, you should set :
GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=1 in your environment when you access the jalview git 
repository.
e.g. :
GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=1 git clone https://source.jalview.org/git/jalview.git

== Disabling SSL for EGit ==

For accessing the repository via the Eclipse EGit plugin :

# first install EGit - the Eclipse GIT plugin (should also install the JGit java git implementation).
# Disable SSL certificate checking by either:
:: a. Navigate to the Team->Git configuration in eclipse preferences and click the 'New entry...' button. Enter 'http.sslVerify' in the Name 
field, and 'false' in the value field.
:: Or
:: Press the 'Open' button to open the git config file, and add the lines (note spaces before sslVerify):
 [http]
      sslVerify = false
# Check you can access and clone the repository by using the Git repository explorer perspective. Remember to use 
https://source.jalview.org/git/jalview.git as the repository URL.