Git: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate

You get this message when the system is behind a firewall and when the security certificates are blocked. There are two ways to overcome this message and to enable a git pull or git clone. i) Issue the below command from git bash $ git config --global http.sslVerify false OR ii) Add http block in "gitconfig" file to avoid ssl verification [http] sslVerify = false sslCAinfo = /bin/curl-ca-bundle.crt