On Feb 12, 2009, at 02:29:54, Marko Käning wrote: > how do I have to specify the http_proxy settings on the command line > when cloning an http repo from bitbucket? Try the --config option: hg --config=http_proxy.host=proxy.example.com:8000 clone http://hg.example.com/repo (I've never tried this, as I don't have a proxy.)