I've encountered an issue with Git during the initial push to a self-signed HTTPS server. The certificate isn't issued by a trusted Certificate Authority, so Git doesn't recognize it as valid. I understand that using a self-signed certificate isn't the best practice for production environments, but it's necessary for my current situation. Despite trying to push my master branch to my origin remote, I receive an error regarding the inability to access the URL with a return code of 22, indicating that the certificate verification failed. Here's the error message I'm receiving:


I know it's related to the self-signed certificate, and I am looking for a way to bypass the certificate verification process. Does someone know how to configure Git to proceed despite this self-signed certificate?

Git provides a configuration option to disable SSL certificate validation for a specific repository. You can set the 'http.sslVerify' option to 'false' to disable SSL certificate validation on the Git client. Be cautious when using this, as it poses a security risk by making connections vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. Here's how you can configure your repository to accept a self-signed certificate:


This will apply the setting globally across all repositories, which might not be ideal. To apply it to a specific repository, navigate to your repository directory and use the following command without the `--global` flag:


If your Git version is recent enough, you might also be able to use the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment variable for a one-time override:


Remember to set the SSL verification back to 'true' once you've resolved your certificate issues.

Understood, the global configuration might be overreaching for what I want. I will apply the setting only to my repository. However, I would prefer not to disable SSL verification entirely. Isn't there a more secure way to tell Git to trust my self-signed certificate?

Yes, a more secure way to handle this is to add your self-signed certificate to the list of trusted certificates for your Git client. First, export your self-signed certificate to a file, and then use the 'http.sslCAInfo' Git configuration to point to your certificate file. Here are the steps:
1. Export your self-signed certificate from your Git server to a file named `my-selfsigned.crt`.
2. Save the `my-selfsigned.crt` file to a desired directory on your client machine, for example, `/etc/ssl/certs/`.
3. Point Git to your self-signed certificate using the following command:


This will tell Git to trust your specific self-signed certificate.

I see, that's a better approach. I've followed your instructions and added my self-signed certificate to the trusted list. It worked perfectly without compromising security. Thanks for the assistance! Here's the code that worked for my situation:

Great, glad to hear it worked. Always aim to maintain the integrity of SSL verification when possible. This approach allows you to keep the secure aspects of SSL without the immediate need for a CA-signed certificate. Make sure to replace the self-signed certificate with a properly signed one when you're in a position to do so.