Merge pull request #152 from keep-network/dont-use-unauthenticated-git-protocol

Don't use unauthenticated git protocol

Author: lukasz-zimnoch

.github/workflows/node.yml

@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
+      # We need this step because the `@keep-network/tbtc` which we update in
+      # next step has a dependency to `@summa-tx/relay-sol@2.0.2` package, which
+      # downloads one of its sub-dependencies via unathenticated `git://`
+      # protocol. That protocol is no longer supported. Thanks to this step
+      # `https://` is used instead of `git://`.
+      - name: Configure git to don't use unauthenticated protocol
+        run: git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://
+
       - name: Resolve latest contracts
         if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
         run: |

.github/workflows/npm.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
+      # We need this step because the `@keep-network/tbtc` which we update in
+      # next step has a dependency to `@summa-tx/relay-sol@2.0.2` package, which
+      # downloads one of its sub-dependencies via unathenticated `git://`
+      # protocol. That protocol is no longer supported. Thanks to this step
+      # `https://` is used instead of `git://`.
+      - name: Configure git to don't use unauthenticated protocol
+        run: git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://
+
       - name: Resolve latest contracts
         run: |
           npm update --save-exact \

README.adoc

@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ been a release.
 
 API stability is not guaranteed, but the API is likely ~90% complete.
 
+*NOTE:* The `tbtc.js` package contains an indirect dependency to
+`@summa-tx/relay-sol@2.0.2` package, which downloads one of its sub-dependencies
+via unathenticated `git://` protocol. That protocol is no longer supported by
+GitHub. This means that in certain situations installation of the package or
+update of its dependencies using NPM may result in `The unauthenticated git
+protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported` error. +
+As a workaround, we advise changing Git configuration to use `https://` protocol
+instead of `git://` by executing:
+```
+git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://
+```
+
 == Usage
 
 You need two things to use `tbtc.js`: