SSH Repo Tunnel Migration Benefits | Generated by AI
Here’s the verdict:
SSH repos: 205 (87.6%)
HTTPS repos: 23 ( 9.8%)
Other: 7 ( 3.0%)
Yes, you absolutely need the fix. 87.6% of your repos go through the ncat SOCKS5 tunnel.
The good news: macOS’s built-in nc already supports SOCKS5:
nc -X 5 -x localhost:7891 %h %p
Want me to update your ~/.ssh/config right now? Current:
ProxyCommand ncat --proxy localhost:7891 --proxy-type socks5 %h %p
Would become:
ProxyCommand nc -X 5 -x localhost:7891 %h %p
nc uses raw read()/write() with no nsock event loop abstraction — simpler I/O path for bulk transfers like git pull on large repos. No install needed, it’s already at /usr/bin/nc.