network-proxy

To fix git clone network timeout or connection refused errors, apply HTTP, HTTPS, or SOCKS proxy environment variables to route traffic through a local proxy, resolving connectivity failures for command-line operations.

The best way to set a proxy for curl and npm in a terminal session is configuring proxy environment variables session-wide, ensuring all subsequent network-dependent command-line operations route through the specified proxy address.

Configuring proxy environment variables does improve slow download speeds for command-line tools by redirecting network requests through an optimized path, addressing slow performance in operations like curl, git, and npm.

You can apply a proxy temporarily for a single command execution by scoping the environment variables to that specific command, preventing permanent changes to your session-wide configuration.

Your network proxy configuration might stop working for git operations if the proxy environment variables are unset or incorrectly scoped, causing operations to revert to direct connections and fail.

To unset proxy environment variables and restore direct network connectivity, remove the HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS proxy settings from your current session, reverting command-line tools to default network routing.