CyanogenMod/android — comment on commit 86da05c57f010fb717ea9d027a374f497bc597ba
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By unforgiven512:

Is this a short-term fix, or will this be long-term?

The git:// protocol is a LOT more efficient in terms of amount of data transferred, as well as speed. I'm hoping the issues that are being encountered are simply a temporary github issue, and we'll be able to switch back to the git:// protocol.