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Which is better HTTPS or GIT protocol if you have an unreliable connection. P.S. I have a problem downloading via https from the site github.com . Are there frequent reconstructions, etc. is the GIT protocol reliable to these perturbations or is everything the same?

I need a stable download of approximately 40 GB source code.

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    Neither is more reliable. Both are TCP services, and TCP takes care of reliable delivery. The "git" protocol has lower overhead, but that's partly because it's unencrypted (and this is why many providers no longer support the git protocol).
    – larsks
    Commented Jul 8 at 14:35
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    git:// protocol on port 9418 was disabled at Github long ago: stackoverflow.com/questions/70663523/… You can only use https:// or ssh://. Both are equally reliable.
    – phd
    Commented Jul 8 at 14:49
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    More interesting, I think, is how to handle downloading large repos over unstable connections. For that, see stackoverflow.com/a/3957733/3216427 and stackoverflow.com/a/44151771/3216427
    – joanis
    Commented Jul 8 at 21:15
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