Repo Sync : Fatal Error

Question

I keep geting this after repo sync "fatal: remote error: SSL is required"

[new tag] android-4.3_r0.9 -> android-4.3_r0.9
[new tag] android-4.3.1_r1 -> android-4.3.1_r1
[new tag] android-4.2_r1 -> android-4.2_r1
[new tag] android-4.2.2_r1.2 -> android-4.2.2_r1.2
[new tag] android-4.2.2_r1.1 -> android-4.2.2_r1.1
[new tag] android-4.2.2_r1 -> android-4.2.2_r1
[new tag] android-4.2.1_r1.2 -> android-4.2.1_r1.2
[new tag] android-4.2.1_r1.1 -> android-4.2.1_r1.1
[new tag] android-4.2.1_r1 -> android-4.2.1_r1
[new tag] android-2.3.7_r1 -> android-2.3.7_r1
[new tag] android-2.3.6_r1 -> android-2.3.6_r1
[new tag] android-2.3.6_r0.9 -> android-2.3.6_r0.9
[new tag] android-2.3.5_r1 -> android-2.3.5_r1
fatal: remote error: SSL is required
fatal: remote error: SSL is required
fatal: remote error: SSL is required

Answer 1

This thread mentions

.repo/manifest.xml should list the review URL.
The default from the AOSP servers says https://.
So I don't know why this is http:// for you.

Check your .repo/manifest.xml content.

Answer 2

http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html#using-authentication To protect the servers against excessive usage, force authenticated access by using the following manifest URI: https://android.googlesource.com/a/platform/manifest. so , use https://