Cocoapods: Failed to connect to GitHub to update the CocoaPods/Specs specs repo
<p>When running <code>pod repo update</code> the following error is generated:</p>

<pre><code>Updating spec repo `master`
[!] Failed to connect to GitHub to update the CocoaPods/Specs specs repo - Please check if you are offline, or that GitHub is down
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Using cocoapods 1.0.1</p>

<p>I'm also aware of this: <a href="http://blog.cocoapods.org/Master-Spec-Repo-Rate-Limiting-Post-Mortem/" rel="noreferrer">Master spec-repo rate limiting post‑mortem</a>.</p>

<p><br/>
Adding --verbose flag to the call shows the ruby call stack:</p>

<pre><code>.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods-core/github.rb:100:in `modified_since_commit'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods-core/master_source.rb:32:in `requires_update?'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods-core/master_source.rb:14:in `update'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:88:in `block (2 levels) in update'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:63:in `section'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:87:in `block in update'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:86:in `each'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:86:in `update'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/command/repo/update.rb:23:in `run'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/claide-1.0.0/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:50:in `run'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/bin/pod:55:in `&lt;top (required)&gt;'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/pod:23:in `load'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/pod:23:in `&lt;main&gt;'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `&lt;main&gt;'
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<p>Can't find any way to workaround this and cannot run the project.</p>