When you clone the repository without previous commit history, 'git://

'
doesn't protect from man-in-the-middle attacks.  HTTPS is more secure
since the client verifies the server certificate.

Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Suggested-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Message-id: 20181108111531.30671-8-stefanha@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>