title: error: Failed connect to github.com:8080; Connection refused
body: <p>I know this issue is not new, I kept looking for the answer but until now nothing worked for me.</p>
  
  <p>The issue is that each time I try a <code>git clone</code> or <code>git pull</code> command, I receive the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>error: Failed connect to github.com:8080; Connection refused while accessing https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack
  fatal: HTTP request failed
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(Here its <a href="https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack</a> but it is just an example, I have this issue whith all URLs)</p>