I think this is an issue with the git install on your machine, though. The ```git://``` protocol should work on every platform — it works on the production server, which also runs Ubuntu. For info, the installed version on the server is ```git version 1.7.5.4```

Could you please adjust your local setup and change this back to ```git://```? The reason I'm asking is because I'd rather stick with the standard implementation here, so that we don't accidentally break anything in the future.

Same concern for the Geocoder gem a few lines below.