title: "Unable to find remote helper for 'https'" during git clone
body: <p>I am unable to clone HTTPS repositories. I can clone SSH repos fine, but not HTTPS repos. I cannot test the GIT protocol since I am behind a corporate firewall.</p>
  
  <p>This is what I am trying to do:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git clone https://github.com/nvie/gitflow.git
  Cloning into gitflow...
  fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have so far tried the following (based on Google searches)</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Purging and installing Git through <code>apt-get</code></li>
  <li>Installing <code>build-deps</code> for Git through <code>apt-get</code></li>
  <li>Installing curl dev libraries </li>
  <li>Installing expat libraries</li>
  <li>Downloading Git source and building using:
  <ul>
  <li><code>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-curl --with-expat</code></li>
  <li>Also tried pointing configure at curl binary (<code>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-curl=/usr/bin/curl</code>)</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I have tried everything I can find on the internet with no luck. Can anyone help me?</p>
  
  <p>Git version = 1.7.6.4</p>
  
  <p>OS = Ubuntu 11.04</p>