[Bug 1246594] New: git-annex addurl --file ignores https url proto, fallsback to http silently

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246594

Bug ID: 1246594
           Summary: git-annex addurl --file ignores https url proto,
                    fallsback to http silently
           Product: Fedora EPEL
           Version: el6
         Component: git-annex
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
        QA Contact: [e-mail]
                CC: [e-mail],
                    [e-mail], [e-mail]

Description of problem:

when using:

git annex addurl --file somefile https://webserver.example.com/somefile

git annex does not use https, but fallsback to http without any sort of warning
or error.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
git-annex-3.20120522-2.1.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. in a git repo,  download a file 'foo', and run 'git annex add foo'
2. commit this annexed file, push it to a remote
3. in a separate directory checkout the git repo
4. run  git-annex addurl --file foo  https://server/path/to/foo

Actual results:

git-annex will attempt to download the file over http.  If port 80 is blocked,
git annex will error with connection refused. An strace shows it clearly trying
on port 80:

connect(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(80),
sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.0.127")}, 16) = -1 EINPROGRESS (Operation now in
progress)

if you are monitoring your web server logs (when port 80 is allowed), you will
see it attempt to connect over port 80 and never over port 443.

Expected results:

connects over port 443 via https

Additional info:

oddly enough if you leave out --file foo  it will attempt to use ssl.