Error while trying to clone the Emacs git repo (via http)

[Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>]

Hello all,

I'm trying to clone the Emacs git repository, from a cygwin
environment, installed on my work PC.  This PC connects to the
internet through a corporate proxy server.

I've configured git to know about the proxy:

  $ git config --global http.proxy http://myproxy.mycompany.com:xxxx

And then I've tried to clone the repo:

  $ git clone -b master git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git
  Cloning into 'emacs'...
  fatal: unable to connect to git.sv.gnu.org:
  git.sv.gnu.org[0: 208.118.235.72]: errno=Connection timed out

My second try has been to uset the http protocol (since the proxy
probably does not allow the git protocol):

  $ git clone http://git.sv.gnu.org/r/emacs.git
  Cloning into 'emacs'...
  remote: Counting objects: 780227, done.
  remote: aborting due to possible repository corruption on the remote side.
  fatal: protocol error: bad pack header

The above error message suggests a problem on the remote side.  So,
could anyone try the above and see if it fails the same way?

If the problem is actually on the server side, who could I report it to?

TIA

-- 
Dani Moncayo