Thanks all.  Strange enough, git pull from repo.or.cz/r/org-mode.git started working fine once again.

But I cannot yet clone from  http://orgmode.org/org-mode.git. I had tried the same earlier with the same result.. the clone will get stuck at "Fetching origin".
My current git version is 2.6.0.rc0.24.gec371ff

In any case, sorry for the noise. Some intermittent issue was failing the git pull from the repo.or.cz domain and it is working fine once again.


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Kaushal Modi

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 03:03:42PM -0400, Kaushal Modi wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I cannot access the git: repo address and so had been using the http:
> version till now ( http://repo.or.cz/r/org-mode.git/ ).

That is a mirror, a relic from the old days when that used to be the
official repo.  Maybe try:  http://orgmode.org/org-mode.git

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#keeping-current-with-Org-mode-development

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Suvayu

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