Difficulty cloning django-bootstrap5 using git protocol

[forhadakhan]

I'm trying to clone the zostera/django-bootstrap5 repository on GitHub. While the following command worked successfully:

git clone https://github.com/zostera/django-bootstrap5.git

This attempt using the git protocol failed:

git clone git://github.com/zostera/django-bootstrap5.git

The error message was:

fatal: unable to connect to github.com:
github.com[0: 20.205.243.166]: errno=Unknown error

Expected Behavior:

Both https and git protocols should allow successful cloning of the repository.

Possible Reasons:

• GitHub might be phasing out support for the git protocol, as it's less secure than https.
• Network firewalls could be blocking connections on port 9418 (commonly used for the git protocol).

Request:

• If the git protocol is being deprecated, please consider adding a note to the repository's documentation or README file to inform users and recommend using https instead.

My Setup/System

• OS: Windows 10
• git version 2.43.0.windows.1
• Request made from PowerShell
• venv was activated
• Network firewall was active.