Unknown SSL protocol error when cloning git repository from Gitblit

Question

I've set up a git repository that I access over a remote connection. Using the command line, I can clone the repository, do pushes and pulls, etc. by ssh without problems. I'd like to use gitblit to access the repository over a https connection though. Gitblit's web interface shows the repository properly, with all commits, code changes, etc., both from localhost and when using https, but I can't clone from it. Egit simply fails and my terminal gives me the following error:

lee@linux-p4b1:~/Downloads/test> git clone https://my-domain.com:8443/git/git_repository
Cloning into git_repository...                             
error: Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to my-domain.com:8443  while accessing https://my-domain.com:8443/git/git_repository/info/refs   

fatal: HTTP request failed

Does anybody have a tip as to what could be causing the problem?

Answer 1

Could be related to that openssl bug:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=138168

Answer 2

I'm having similar issues access Stash over https with git. Since libcurl doesn't read .curlrc, I had to patch git to use only ciphers that work. The instructions in this gist are Macports-specific but the patch isn't: https://gist.github.com/jcayzac/9542144