Git clone is incredibly slow on my Mac. How can I fix that?
<p>I googled a lot about this problem, but couldn't find any good answer.</p>

<p>On my Mac, git clone from a Github repository literally takes ages. I have a 16mbit connection, but the typical download rates from Github are about 50k, which is just ridiculous.</p>

<p>It doesn't matter whether the download is triggered via Github Desktop client or via command line, they behave just the same.</p>

<p>Only in very rare cases, the download speeds up to an acceptable rate. But in most cases, I can drink coffee while waiting for the download to finish. This is especially annoying since I often download large Cordova plugins with a lot of native code. This sometimes takes 20-30 minutes...</p>

<p>Any ideas how to tackle this problem? Thanks.</p>