git:// now replaced with https:// (configurable). Ref #86.

readme.markdown

@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ You can currently configure the following in this file:
   a ``[PackageList]`` section named "official". Multiple URLs can be specified
   under each section, Nimble will try each in succession if
   downloading from the first fails.
+* ``cloneUsingHttps`` - Whether to replace any ``git://`` inside URLs with
+  ``https://``.
+  **Default: true**
 
 ## Creating Packages
 

src/nimble.nim

@@ -471,10 +471,15 @@ proc downloadPkg(url: string, verRange: VersionRange,
   ## which was downloaded.
   let downloadDir = (getNimbleTempDir() / getDownloadDirName(url, verRange))
   createDir(downloadDir)
-  echo("Downloading ", url, " into ", downloadDir, " using ", downMethod, "...")
+  let modUrl =
+    if url.startsWith("git://") and options.config.cloneUsingHttps:
+      "https://" & url[6 .. ^1]
+    else: url
+  echo("Downloading ", modUrl, " into ", downloadDir, " using ",
+      downMethod, "...")
   result = (
     downloadDir,
-    doDownload(url, downloadDir, verRange, downMethod, options)
+    doDownload(modUrl, downloadDir, verRange, downMethod, options)
   )
 
 proc getDownloadInfo*(pv: PkgTuple, options: Options,

src/nimblepkg/config.nim

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ type
     nimbleDir*: string
     chcp*: bool # Whether to change the code page in .cmd files on Win.
     packageLists*: Table[string, PackageList] ## URLs to packages.json files
+    cloneUsingHttps*: bool # Whether to replace git:// for https://
 
   PackageList* = object
     name*: string
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ proc initConfig(): Config =
     result.nimbleDir = getHomeDir() / ".babel"
 
   result.chcp = true
+  result.cloneUsingHttps = true
 
   result.packageLists = initTable[string, PackageList]()
   let defaultPkgList = PackageList(name: "Official", urls: @[
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ proc parseConfig*(): Config =
             result.nimbleDir = e.value
         of "chcp":
           result.chcp = parseBool(e.value)
+        of "cloneusinghttps":
+          result.cloneUsingHttps = parseBool(e.value)
         of "name":
           case currentSection.normalize
           of "packagelist":