title: unable to import remote git repository
body: <p>I am a rookie trying to set up a work flow with Github via egit.</p>
  
  <p>I have a forked repository and I was trying to import a github repo using the CloneURI call from eclipse/Import.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>URI:       git://github.com/xxxxx/pyfunds.git<br>
    host:     github.com<br>
    repopath: /xxxxxx/pyfunds.git<br>
    protocol: git   Port:<br>
    blank ( i
    tried with 9418 too)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Authentication block is now opaque and I can't enter my github creds. On hitting next, I see an error message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>An error occured while trying to contact git://github.com/xxxxxx/pyfunds.git with possible reasons being Incorrect URL or No network connection.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How can I get around this. I am behind a firewall and I have set the http and https proxy as per my firm's proxy settings.</p>