busybox authoritative git repository (was: AI recommended changing from using git port to https?)

Maksim Dmitrichenko dmitrmax at gmail.com
Sun Apr 12 10:07:07 UTC 2026


> >I've just managed to clone the repo. It took me a couple of attempts
> >but it is working somehow.
>
>   No it's not.

You can't convince me that I didn't cloned it, sorry )

> It returns 404 to me. That is a permanent error;
> automation that tries to access it will, and *rightly so*, report a
> permanent failure. It cannot be relied upon in any way.

That could be possibly regional dependent. Try to VPN into a different
region. But right now even https://busybox.net got opened on the first
try.

I don't deny though that there are huge problems with the availability
of busybox infrastructure.

-- 
With best regards
  Maksim Dmitrichenko


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