thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8018ea7..b097293 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ IF (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 	SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug" CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build, options are: Debug Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel." FORCE)
 ENDIF ()
 
+FIND_PACKAGE(OpenSSL)
+IF (OPENSSL_FOUND)
+  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DGIT_SSL)
+  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  SET(SSL_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
+ENDIF()
+
 IF (THREADSAFE)
 	IF (NOT WIN32)
 		find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
@@ -121,7 +128,7 @@ ELSEIF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "(Solaris|SunOS)")
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(git2 socket nsl)
 ENDIF ()
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(git2 ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(git2 ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${SSL_LIBRARIES})
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(git2 PROPERTIES VERSION ${LIBGIT2_VERSION_STRING})
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(git2 PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${LIBGIT2_VERSION_MAJOR})
 CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libgit2.pc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libgit2.pc @ONLY)
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ IF (BUILD_CLAR)
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CLAR_PATH}
 	)
 	ADD_EXECUTABLE(libgit2_clar ${SRC} ${CLAR_PATH}/clar_main.c ${SRC_TEST} ${SRC_ZLIB} ${SRC_HTTP} ${SRC_REGEX})
-	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(libgit2_clar ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(libgit2_clar ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${SSL_LIBRARIES})
 	IF (WIN32)
 		TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(libgit2_clar ws2_32)
 	ELSEIF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "(Solaris|SunOS)")
diff --git a/include/git2/errors.h b/include/git2/errors.h
index fb66700..ccbc9fc 100644
--- a/include/git2/errors.h
+++ b/include/git2/errors.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	GITERR_TAG,
 	GITERR_TREE,
 	GITERR_INDEXER,
+	GITERR_SSL,
 } git_error_t;
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/git2/remote.h b/include/git2/remote.h
index 7a032db..5c01949 100644
--- a/include/git2/remote.h
+++ b/include/git2/remote.h
@@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_list(git_strarray *remotes_list, git_repository *repo
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_add(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, const char *url);
 
+/**
+ * Choose whether to check the server's certificate (applies to HTTPS only)
+ *
+ * @param remote the remote to configure
+ * @param check whether to check the server's certificate (defaults to yes)
+ */
+
+GIT_EXTERN(void) git_remote_check_cert(git_remote *remote, int check);
+
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL
 #endif
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 30757de..e2a3002 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ void giterr_clear(void);
 void giterr_set_str(int error_class, const char *string);
 void giterr_set_regex(const regex_t *regex, int error_code);
 
-
 #include "util.h"
 
 
diff --git a/src/fetch.c b/src/fetch.c
index c92cf4e..96b263f 100644
--- a/src/fetch.c
+++ b/src/fetch.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int git_fetch_download_pack(git_remote *remote, git_off_t *bytes, git_indexer_st
 int git_fetch__download_pack(
 	const char *buffered,
 	size_t buffered_size,
-	GIT_SOCKET fd,
+	git_transport *t,
 	git_repository *repo,
 	git_off_t *bytes,
 	git_indexer_stats *stats)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int git_fetch__download_pack(
 	gitno_buffer buf;
 	git_indexer_stream *idx;
 
-	gitno_buffer_setup(&buf, buff, sizeof(buff), fd);
+	gitno_buffer_setup(t, &buf, buff, sizeof(buff));
 
 	if (memcmp(buffered, "PACK", strlen("PACK"))) {
 		giterr_set(GITERR_NET, "The pack doesn't start with the signature");
diff --git a/src/fetch.h b/src/fetch.h
index b3192a5..a7f1265 100644
--- a/src/fetch.h
+++ b/src/fetch.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 int git_fetch_negotiate(git_remote *remote);
 int git_fetch_download_pack(git_remote *remote, git_off_t *bytes, git_indexer_stats *stats);
 
-int git_fetch__download_pack(const char *buffered, size_t buffered_size, GIT_SOCKET fd,
+int git_fetch__download_pack(const char *buffered, size_t buffered_size, git_transport *t,
 			     git_repository *repo, git_off_t *bytes, git_indexer_stats *stats);
 int git_fetch_setup_walk(git_revwalk **out, git_repository *repo);
 
diff --git a/src/netops.c b/src/netops.c
index e16cae8..705c1d4 100644
--- a/src/netops.c
+++ b/src/netops.c
@@ -18,13 +18,20 @@
 #	endif
 #endif
 
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+# include <openssl/ssl.h>
+# include <openssl/x509v3.h>
+#endif
 
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include "git2/errors.h"
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "netops.h"
 #include "posix.h"
 #include "buffer.h"
+#include "transport.h"
 
 #ifdef GIT_WIN32
 static void net_set_error(const char *str)
@@ -45,25 +52,68 @@ static void net_set_error(const char *str)
 }
 #endif
 
-void gitno_buffer_setup(gitno_buffer *buf, char *data, unsigned int len, GIT_SOCKET fd)
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+static int ssl_set_error(gitno_ssl *ssl, int error)
+{
+	int err;
+	err = SSL_get_error(ssl->ssl, error);
+	giterr_set(GITERR_NET, "SSL error: %s", ERR_error_string(err, NULL));
+	return -1;
+}
+#endif
+
+void gitno_buffer_setup(git_transport *t, gitno_buffer *buf, char *data, unsigned int len)
 {
 	memset(buf, 0x0, sizeof(gitno_buffer));
 	memset(data, 0x0, len);
 	buf->data = data;
 	buf->len = len;
 	buf->offset = 0;
-	buf->fd = fd;
+	buf->fd = t->socket;
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+	if (t->encrypt)
+		buf->ssl = &t->ssl;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+static int ssl_recv(gitno_ssl *ssl, void *data, size_t len)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	do {
+		ret = SSL_read(ssl->ssl, data, len);
+	} while (SSL_get_error(ssl->ssl, ret) == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ssl_set_error(ssl, ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
 int gitno_recv(gitno_buffer *buf)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+	if (buf->ssl != NULL) {
+		if ((ret = ssl_recv(buf->ssl, buf->data + buf->offset, buf->len - buf->offset)) < 0)
+			return -1;
+	} else {
+		ret = p_recv(buf->fd, buf->data + buf->offset, buf->len - buf->offset, 0);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			net_set_error("Error receiving socket data");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+#else
 	ret = p_recv(buf->fd, buf->data + buf->offset, buf->len - buf->offset, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		net_set_error("Error receiving socket data");
 		return -1;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	buf->offset += ret;
 	return ret;
@@ -92,7 +142,237 @@ void gitno_consume_n(gitno_buffer *buf, size_t cons)
 	buf->offset -= cons;
 }
 
-int gitno_connect(GIT_SOCKET *sock, const char *host, const char *port)
+int gitno_ssl_teardown(git_transport *t)
+{
+	int ret = ret;
+
+	if (!t->encrypt)
+		return 0;
+
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+
+	do {
+		ret = SSL_shutdown(t->ssl.ssl);
+	} while (ret == 0);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ssl_set_error(&t->ssl, ret);
+
+	SSL_free(t->ssl.ssl);
+	SSL_CTX_free(t->ssl.ctx);
+#endif
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+/* Match host names according to RFC 2818 rules */
+static int match_host(const char *pattern, const char *host)
+{
+	for (;;) {
+		char c = tolower(*pattern++);
+
+		if (c == '\0')
+			return *host ? -1 : 0;
+
+		if (c == '*') {
+			c = *pattern;
+			/* '*' at the end matches everything left */
+			if (c == '\0')
+				return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * We've found a pattern, so move towards the next matching
+	 * char. The '.' is handled specially because wildcards aren't
+	 * allowed to cross subdomains.
+	 */
+
+			while(*host) {
+				char h = tolower(*host);
+				if (c == h)
+					return match_host(pattern, host++);
+				if (h == '.')
+					return match_host(pattern, host);
+				host++;
+			}
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		if (c != tolower(*host++))
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int check_host_name(const char *name, const char *host)
+{
+	if (!strcasecmp(name, host))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (match_host(name, host) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int verify_server_cert(git_transport *t, const char *host)
+{
+	X509 *cert;
+	X509_NAME *peer_name;
+	ASN1_STRING *str;
+	unsigned char *peer_cn = NULL;
+	int matched = -1, type = GEN_DNS;
+	GENERAL_NAMES *alts;
+	struct in6_addr addr6;
+	struct in_addr addr4;
+	void *addr;
+	int i = -1,j;
+
+
+	/* Try to parse the host as an IP address to see if it is */
+	if (inet_pton(AF_INET, host, &addr4)) {
+		type = GEN_IPADD;
+		addr = &addr4;
+	} else {
+		if(inet_pton(AF_INET6, host, &addr6)) {
+			type = GEN_IPADD;
+			addr = &addr6;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	cert = SSL_get_peer_certificate(t->ssl.ssl);
+
+	/* Check the alternative names */
+	alts = X509_get_ext_d2i(cert, NID_subject_alt_name, NULL, NULL);
+	if (alts) {
+		int num;
+
+		num = sk_GENERAL_NAME_num(alts);
+		for (i = 0; i < num && matched != 1; i++) {
+			const GENERAL_NAME *gn = sk_GENERAL_NAME_value(alts, i);
+			const char *name = (char *) ASN1_STRING_data(gn->d.ia5);
+			size_t namelen = (size_t) ASN1_STRING_length(gn->d.ia5);
+
+			/* Skip any names of a type we're not looking for */
+			if (gn->type != type)
+				continue;
+
+			if (type == GEN_DNS) {
+				/* If it contains embedded NULs, don't even try */
+				if (memchr(name, '\0', namelen))
+					continue;
+
+				if (check_host_name(name, host) < 0)
+					matched = 0;
+				else
+					matched = 1;
+			} else if (type == GEN_IPADD) {
+				/* Here name isn't so much a name but a binary representation of the IP */
+				matched = !!memcmp(name, addr, namelen);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	GENERAL_NAMES_free(alts);
+
+	if (matched == 0)
+		goto on_error;
+
+	if (matched == 1)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* If no alternative names are available, check the common name */
+	peer_name = X509_get_subject_name(cert);
+	if (peer_name == NULL)
+		goto on_error;
+
+	if (peer_name) {
+		/* Get the index of the last CN entry */
+		while ((j = X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID(peer_name, NID_commonName, i)) >= 0)
+			i = j;
+	}
+
+	if (i < 0)
+		goto on_error;
+
+	str = X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data(X509_NAME_get_entry(peer_name, i));
+	if (str == NULL)
+		goto on_error;
+
+	/* Work around a bug in OpenSSL whereby ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8 fails if it's already in utf-8 */
+	if (ASN1_STRING_type(str) == V_ASN1_UTF8STRING) {
+		int size = ASN1_STRING_length(str);
+
+		if (size > 0) {
+			peer_cn = OPENSSL_malloc(size + 1);
+			GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(peer_cn);
+			memcpy(peer_cn, ASN1_STRING_data(str), size);
+			peer_cn[size] = '\0';
+		}
+	} else {
+		int size = ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(&peer_cn, str);
+		GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(peer_cn);
+		if (memchr(peer_cn, '\0', size))
+			goto cert_fail;
+	}
+
+	if (check_host_name((char *)peer_cn, host) < 0)
+		goto cert_fail;
+
+	OPENSSL_free(peer_cn);
+
+	return 0;
+
+on_error:
+	OPENSSL_free(peer_cn);
+	return ssl_set_error(&t->ssl, 0);
+
+cert_fail:
+	OPENSSL_free(peer_cn);
+	giterr_set(GITERR_SSL, "Certificate host name check failed");
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int ssl_setup(git_transport *t, const char *host)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	SSL_library_init();
+	SSL_load_error_strings();
+	t->ssl.ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_method());
+	if (t->ssl.ctx == NULL)
+		return ssl_set_error(&t->ssl, 0);
+
+	SSL_CTX_set_mode(t->ssl.ctx, SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY);
+	SSL_CTX_set_verify(t->ssl.ctx, SSL_VERIFY_PEER, NULL);
+	if (!SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths(t->ssl.ctx))
+		return ssl_set_error(&t->ssl, 0);
+
+	t->ssl.ssl = SSL_new(t->ssl.ctx);
+	if (t->ssl.ssl == NULL)
+		return ssl_set_error(&t->ssl, 0);
+
+	if((ret = SSL_set_fd(t->ssl.ssl, t->socket)) == 0)
+		return ssl_set_error(&t->ssl, ret);
+
+	if ((ret = SSL_connect(t->ssl.ssl)) <= 0)
+		return ssl_set_error(&t->ssl, ret);
+
+	if (t->check_cert && verify_server_cert(t, host) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+static int ssl_setup(git_transport *t, const char *host)
+{
+	GIT_UNUSED(t);
+	GIT_UNUSED(host);
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+int gitno_connect(git_transport *t, const char *host, const char *port)
 {
 	struct addrinfo *info = NULL, *p;
 	struct addrinfo hints;
@@ -129,20 +409,46 @@ int gitno_connect(GIT_SOCKET *sock, const char *host, const char *port)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	t->socket = s;
 	freeaddrinfo(info);
-	*sock = s;
+
+	if (t->encrypt && ssl_setup(t, host) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int gitno_send(GIT_SOCKET s, const char *msg, size_t len, int flags)
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+static int send_ssl(gitno_ssl *ssl, const char *msg, size_t len)
 {
 	int ret;
 	size_t off = 0;
 
 	while (off < len) {
-		errno = 0;
+		ret = SSL_write(ssl->ssl, msg + off, len - off);
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			return ssl_set_error(ssl, ret);
 
-		ret = p_send(s, msg + off, len - off, flags);
+		off += ret;
+	}
+
+	return off;
+}
+#endif
+
+int gitno_send(git_transport *t, const char *msg, size_t len, int flags)
+{
+	int ret;
+	size_t off = 0;
+
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+	if (t->encrypt)
+		return send_ssl(&t->ssl, msg, len);
+#endif
+
+	while (off < len) {
+		errno = 0;
+		ret = p_send(t->socket, msg + off, len - off, flags);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			net_set_error("Error sending data");
 			return -1;
diff --git a/src/netops.h b/src/netops.h
index 9d13f38..4976f87 100644
--- a/src/netops.h
+++ b/src/netops.h
@@ -8,22 +8,29 @@
 #define INCLUDE_netops_h__
 
 #include "posix.h"
+#include "transport.h"
+#include "common.h"
 
 typedef struct gitno_buffer {
 	char *data;
 	size_t len;
 	size_t offset;
 	GIT_SOCKET fd;
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+	struct gitno_ssl *ssl;
+#endif
 } gitno_buffer;
 
-void gitno_buffer_setup(gitno_buffer *buf, char *data, unsigned int len, GIT_SOCKET fd);
+void gitno_buffer_setup(git_transport *t, gitno_buffer *buf, char *data, unsigned int len);
 int gitno_recv(gitno_buffer *buf);
+
 void gitno_consume(gitno_buffer *buf, const char *ptr);
 void gitno_consume_n(gitno_buffer *buf, size_t cons);
 
-int gitno_connect(GIT_SOCKET *s, const char *host, const char *port);
-int gitno_send(GIT_SOCKET s, const char *msg, size_t len, int flags);
+int gitno_connect(git_transport *t, const char *host, const char *port);
+int gitno_send(git_transport *t, const char *msg, size_t len, int flags);
 int gitno_close(GIT_SOCKET s);
+int gitno_ssl_teardown(git_transport *t);
 int gitno_send_chunk_size(int s, size_t len);
 int gitno_select_in(gitno_buffer *buf, long int sec, long int usec);
 
diff --git a/src/pkt.c b/src/pkt.c
index 95430dd..88510f4 100644
--- a/src/pkt.c
+++ b/src/pkt.c
@@ -281,12 +281,6 @@ int git_pkt_buffer_flush(git_buf *buf)
 	return git_buf_put(buf, pkt_flush_str, strlen(pkt_flush_str));
 }
 
-int git_pkt_send_flush(GIT_SOCKET s)
-{
-
-	return gitno_send(s, pkt_flush_str, strlen(pkt_flush_str), 0);
-}
-
 static int buffer_want_with_caps(git_remote_head *head, git_transport_caps *caps, git_buf *buf)
 {
 	char capstr[20];
diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index 5993ad0..8d60761 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ int git_remote_new(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, con
 
 	memset(remote, 0x0, sizeof(git_remote));
 	remote->repo = repo;
+	remote->check_cert = 1;
 
 	if (git_vector_init(&remote->refs, 32, NULL) < 0)
 		return -1;
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ int git_remote_load(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name)
 	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(remote);
 
 	memset(remote, 0x0, sizeof(git_remote));
+	remote->check_cert = 1;
 	remote->name = git__strdup(name);
 	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(remote->name);
 
@@ -291,6 +293,7 @@ int git_remote_connect(git_remote *remote, int direction)
 	if (git_transport_new(&t, remote->url) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
+	t->check_cert = remote->check_cert;
 	if (t->connect(t, direction) < 0) {
 		goto on_error;
 	}
@@ -512,3 +515,10 @@ on_error:
 	git_remote_free(*out);
 	return -1;
 }
+
+void git_remote_check_cert(git_remote *remote, int check)
+{
+	assert(remote);
+
+	remote->check_cert = check;
+}
diff --git a/src/remote.h b/src/remote.h
index 5a1625d..0949ad4 100644
--- a/src/remote.h
+++ b/src/remote.h
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ struct git_remote {
 	struct git_refspec push;
 	git_transport *transport;
 	git_repository *repo;
-	unsigned int need_pack:1;
+	unsigned int need_pack:1,
+		check_cert;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/transport.c b/src/transport.c
index 5b2cd7e..fb2b949 100644
--- a/src/transport.c
+++ b/src/transport.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static struct {
 } transports[] = {
 	{"git://", git_transport_git},
 	{"http://", git_transport_http},
-	{"https://", git_transport_dummy},
+	{"https://", git_transport_https},
 	{"file://", git_transport_local},
 	{"git+ssh://", git_transport_dummy},
 	{"ssh+git://", git_transport_dummy},
diff --git a/src/transport.h b/src/transport.h
index 125df27..68b92f7 100644
--- a/src/transport.h
+++ b/src/transport.h
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
 #include "git2/net.h"
 #include "git2/indexer.h"
 #include "vector.h"
+#include "posix.h"
+#include "common.h"
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+# include <openssl/ssl.h>
+# include <openssl/err.h>
+#endif
+
 
 #define GIT_CAP_OFS_DELTA "ofs-delta"
 
@@ -18,6 +25,14 @@ typedef struct git_transport_caps {
 		ofs_delta:1;
 } git_transport_caps;
 
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+typedef struct gitno_ssl {
+	SSL_CTX *ctx;
+	SSL *ssl;
+} gitno_ssl;
+#endif
+
+
 /*
  * A day in the life of a network operation
  * ========================================
@@ -53,7 +68,13 @@ struct git_transport {
 	 * Whether we want to push or fetch
 	 */
 	int direction : 1, /* 0 fetch, 1 push */
-		connected : 1;
+		connected : 1,
+		check_cert: 1,
+		encrypt : 1;
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+	struct gitno_ssl ssl;
+#endif
+	GIT_SOCKET socket;
 	/**
 	 * Connect and store the remote heads
 	 */
@@ -94,6 +115,7 @@ int git_transport_new(struct git_transport **transport, const char *url);
 int git_transport_local(struct git_transport **transport);
 int git_transport_git(struct git_transport **transport);
 int git_transport_http(struct git_transport **transport);
+int git_transport_https(struct git_transport **transport);
 int git_transport_dummy(struct git_transport **transport);
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/transports/git.c b/src/transports/git.c
index 844b350..d99137b 100644
--- a/src/transports/git.c
+++ b/src/transports/git.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 typedef struct {
 	git_transport parent;
 	git_protocol proto;
-	GIT_SOCKET socket;
 	git_vector refs;
 	git_remote_head **heads;
 	git_transport_caps caps;
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ static int gen_proto(git_buf *request, const char *cmd, const char *url)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int send_request(GIT_SOCKET s, const char *cmd, const char *url)
+static int send_request(git_transport *t, const char *cmd, const char *url)
 {
 	int error;
 	git_buf request = GIT_BUF_INIT;
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ static int send_request(GIT_SOCKET s, const char *cmd, const char *url)
 	if (error < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	error = gitno_send(s, request.ptr, request.size, 0);
+	error = gitno_send(t, request.ptr, request.size, 0);
 
 cleanup:
 	git_buf_free(&request);
@@ -102,9 +101,6 @@ static int do_connect(transport_git *t, const char *url)
 {
 	char *host, *port;
 	const char prefix[] = "git://";
-	int error;
-
-	t->socket = INVALID_SOCKET;
 
 	if (!git__prefixcmp(url, prefix))
 		url += strlen(prefix);
@@ -112,24 +108,22 @@ static int do_connect(transport_git *t, const char *url)
 	if (gitno_extract_host_and_port(&host, &port, url, GIT_DEFAULT_PORT) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	if ((error = gitno_connect(&t->socket, host, port)) == 0) {
-		error = send_request(t->socket, NULL, url);
-	}
+	if (gitno_connect((git_transport *)t, host, port) < 0)
+		goto on_error;
+
+	if (send_request((git_transport *)t, NULL, url) < 0)
+		goto on_error;
 
 	git__free(host);
 	git__free(port);
 
-	if (error < 0 && t->socket != INVALID_SOCKET) {
-		gitno_close(t->socket);
-		t->socket = INVALID_SOCKET;
-	}
-
-	if (t->socket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
-		giterr_set(GITERR_NET, "Failed to connect to the host");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
+
+on_error:
+	git__free(host);
+	git__free(port);
+	gitno_close(t->parent.socket);
+	return -1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -215,7 +209,7 @@ static int git_connect(git_transport *transport, int direction)
 	if (do_connect(t, transport->url) < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	gitno_buffer_setup(&t->buf, t->buff, sizeof(t->buff), t->socket);
+	gitno_buffer_setup(transport, &t->buf, t->buff, sizeof(t->buff));
 
 	t->parent.connected = 1;
 	if (store_refs(t) < 0)
@@ -308,7 +302,7 @@ static int git_negotiate_fetch(git_transport *transport, git_repository *repo, c
 	if (git_fetch_setup_walk(&walk, repo) < 0)
 		goto on_error;
 
-	if (gitno_send(t->socket, data.ptr, data.size, 0) < 0)
+	if (gitno_send(transport, data.ptr, data.size, 0) < 0)
 		goto on_error;
 
 	git_buf_clear(&data);
@@ -328,7 +322,7 @@ static int git_negotiate_fetch(git_transport *transport, git_repository *repo, c
 			if (git_buf_oom(&data))
 				goto on_error;
 
-			if (gitno_send(t->socket, data.ptr, data.size, 0) < 0)
+			if (gitno_send(transport, data.ptr, data.size, 0) < 0)
 				goto on_error;
 
 			pkt_type = recv_pkt(buf);
@@ -351,7 +345,7 @@ static int git_negotiate_fetch(git_transport *transport, git_repository *repo, c
 	git_buf_clear(&data);
 	git_pkt_buffer_flush(&data);
 	git_pkt_buffer_done(&data);
-	if (gitno_send(t->socket, data.ptr, data.size, 0) < 0)
+	if (gitno_send(transport, data.ptr, data.size, 0) < 0)
 		goto on_error;
 
 	git_buf_free(&data);
@@ -392,7 +386,7 @@ static int git_download_pack(git_transport *transport, git_repository *repo, git
 
 			if (pkt->type == GIT_PKT_PACK) {
 				git__free(pkt);
-				return git_fetch__download_pack(buf->data, buf->offset, t->socket, repo, bytes, stats);
+				return git_fetch__download_pack(buf->data, buf->offset, transport, repo, bytes, stats);
 			}
 
 			/* For now we don't care about anything */
@@ -406,12 +400,15 @@ static int git_download_pack(git_transport *transport, git_repository *repo, git
 	return read_bytes;
 }
 
-static int git_close(git_transport *transport)
+static int git_close(git_transport *t)
 {
-	transport_git *t = (transport_git*) transport;
+	git_buf buf = GIT_BUF_INIT;
 
+	if (git_pkt_buffer_flush(&buf) < 0)
+		return -1;
 	/* Can't do anything if there's an error, so don't bother checking  */
-	git_pkt_send_flush(t->socket);
+	gitno_send(t, buf.ptr, buf.size, 0);
+
 	if (gitno_close(t->socket) < 0) {
 		giterr_set(GITERR_NET, "Failed to close socket");
 		return -1;
diff --git a/src/transports/http.c b/src/transports/http.c
index 9ea21a6..4aa2eda 100644
--- a/src/transports/http.c
+++ b/src/transports/http.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ typedef struct {
 	git_protocol proto;
 	git_vector refs;
 	git_vector common;
-	GIT_SOCKET socket;
 	git_buf buf;
 	git_remote_head **heads;
 	int error;
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	enum last_cb last_cb;
 	http_parser parser;
 	char *content_type;
+	char *path;
 	char *host;
 	char *port;
 	char *service;
@@ -52,12 +52,9 @@ typedef struct {
 #endif
 } transport_http;
 
-static int gen_request(git_buf *buf, const char *url, const char *host, const char *op,
+static int gen_request(git_buf *buf, const char *path, const char *host, const char *op,
                        const char *service, ssize_t content_length, int ls)
 {
-	const char *path = url;
-
-	path = strchr(path, '/');
 	if (path == NULL) /* Is 'git fetch http://host.com/' valid? */
 		path = "/";
 
@@ -85,15 +82,12 @@ static int gen_request(git_buf *buf, const char *url, const char *host, const ch
 
 static int do_connect(transport_http *t, const char *host, const char *port)
 {
-	GIT_SOCKET s;
-
 	if (t->parent.connected && http_should_keep_alive(&t->parser))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (gitno_connect(&s, host, port) < 0)
+	if (gitno_connect((git_transport *) t, host, port) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	t->socket = s;
 	t->parent.connected = 1;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -231,7 +225,7 @@ static int store_refs(transport_http *t)
 	settings.on_body = on_body_store_refs;
 	settings.on_message_complete = on_message_complete;
 
-	gitno_buffer_setup(&buf, buffer, sizeof(buffer), t->socket);
+	gitno_buffer_setup((git_transport *)t, &buf, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
 
 	while(1) {
 		size_t parsed;
@@ -267,7 +261,8 @@ static int http_connect(git_transport *transport, int direction)
 	int ret;
 	git_buf request = GIT_BUF_INIT;
 	const char *service = "upload-pack";
-	const char *url = t->parent.url, *prefix = "http://";
+	const char *url = t->parent.url, *prefix_http = "http://", *prefix_https = "https://";
+	const char *default_port;
 
 	if (direction == GIT_DIR_PUSH) {
 		giterr_set(GITERR_NET, "Pushing over HTTP is not implemented");
@@ -278,10 +273,19 @@ static int http_connect(git_transport *transport, int direction)
 	if (git_vector_init(&t->refs, 16, NULL) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (!git__prefixcmp(url, prefix))
-		url += strlen(prefix);
+	if (!git__prefixcmp(url, prefix_http)) {
+		url = t->parent.url + strlen(prefix_http);
+		default_port = "80";
+	}
+
+	if (!git__prefixcmp(url, prefix_https)) {
+		url += strlen(prefix_https);
+		default_port = "443";
+	}
+
+	t->path = strchr(url, '/');
 
-	if ((ret = gitno_extract_host_and_port(&t->host, &t->port, url, "80")) < 0)
+	if ((ret = gitno_extract_host_and_port(&t->host, &t->port, url, default_port)) < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	t->service = git__strdup(service);
@@ -291,12 +295,13 @@ static int http_connect(git_transport *transport, int direction)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	/* Generate and send the HTTP request */
-	if ((ret = gen_request(&request, url, t->host, "GET", service, 0, 1)) < 0) {
+	if ((ret = gen_request(&request, t->path, t->host, "GET", service, 0, 1)) < 0) {
 		giterr_set(GITERR_NET, "Failed to generate request");
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	if ((ret = gitno_send(t->socket, request.ptr, request.size, 0)) < 0)
+
+	if (gitno_send(transport, request.ptr, request.size, 0) < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	ret = store_refs(t);
@@ -403,7 +408,7 @@ static int parse_response(transport_http *t)
 	settings.on_body = on_body_parse_response;
 	settings.on_message_complete = on_message_complete;
 
-	gitno_buffer_setup(&buf, buffer, sizeof(buffer), t->socket);
+	gitno_buffer_setup((git_transport *)t, &buf, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
 
 	while(1) {
 		size_t parsed;
@@ -437,13 +442,9 @@ static int http_negotiate_fetch(git_transport *transport, git_repository *repo, 
 	git_oid oid;
 	git_pkt_ack *pkt;
 	git_vector *common = &t->common;
-	const char *prefix = "http://", *url = t->parent.url;
 	git_buf request = GIT_BUF_INIT, data = GIT_BUF_INIT;
-	gitno_buffer_setup(&buf, buff, sizeof(buff), t->socket);
 
-	/* TODO: Store url in the transport */
-	if (!git__prefixcmp(url, prefix))
-		url += strlen(prefix);
+	gitno_buffer_setup(transport, &buf, buff, sizeof(buff));
 
 	if (git_vector_init(common, 16, NULL) < 0)
 		return -1;
@@ -474,13 +475,13 @@ static int http_negotiate_fetch(git_transport *transport, git_repository *repo, 
 
 		git_pkt_buffer_done(&data);
 
-		if ((ret = gen_request(&request, url, t->host, "POST", "upload-pack", data.size, 0)) < 0)
+		if ((ret = gen_request(&request, t->path, t->host, "POST", "upload-pack", data.size, 0)) < 0)
 			goto cleanup;
 
-		if ((ret = gitno_send(t->socket, request.ptr, request.size, 0)) < 0)
+		if ((ret = gitno_send(transport, request.ptr, request.size, 0)) < 0)
 			goto cleanup;
 
-		if ((ret = gitno_send(t->socket, data.ptr, data.size, 0)) < 0)
+		if ((ret = gitno_send(transport, data.ptr, data.size, 0)) < 0)
 			goto cleanup;
 
 		git_buf_clear(&request);
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@ static int http_download_pack(git_transport *transport, git_repository *repo, gi
 	git_indexer_stream *idx = NULL;
 	download_pack_cbdata data;
 
-	gitno_buffer_setup(&buf, buffer, sizeof(buffer), t->socket);
+	gitno_buffer_setup(transport, &buf, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
 
 	if (memcmp(oldbuf->ptr, "PACK", strlen("PACK"))) {
 		giterr_set(GITERR_NET, "The pack doesn't start with a pack signature");
@@ -557,7 +558,6 @@ static int http_download_pack(git_transport *transport, git_repository *repo, gi
 	if (git_indexer_stream_new(&idx, git_repository_path(repo)) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-
 	/*
 	 * This is part of the previous response, so we don't want to
 	 * re-init the parser, just set these two callbacks.
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ static int http_download_pack(git_transport *transport, git_repository *repo, gi
 	if (git_indexer_stream_add(idx, git_buf_cstr(oldbuf), git_buf_len(oldbuf), stats) < 0)
 		goto on_error;
 
+	gitno_buffer_setup(transport, &buf, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+
 	do {
 		size_t parsed;
 
@@ -603,9 +605,10 @@ on_error:
 
 static int http_close(git_transport *transport)
 {
-	transport_http *t = (transport_http *) transport;
+	if (gitno_ssl_teardown(transport) < 0)
+		return -1;
 
-	if (gitno_close(t->socket) < 0) {
+	if (gitno_close(transport->socket) < 0) {
 		giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "Failed to close the socket: %s", strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -682,3 +685,23 @@ int git_transport_http(git_transport **out)
 	*out = (git_transport *) t;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int git_transport_https(git_transport **out)
+{
+#ifdef GIT_SSL
+	transport_http *t;
+	if (git_transport_http((git_transport **)&t) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	t->parent.encrypt = 1;
+	t->parent.check_cert = 1;
+	*out = (git_transport *) t;
+
+	return 0;
+#else
+	GIT_UNUSED(out);
+
+	giterr_set(GITERR_NET, "HTTPS support not available");
+	return -1;
+#endif
+}