[GHC] #8379: sync-all broken when using the GitHub mirror

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#8379: sync-all broken when using the GitHub mirror
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              Reporter:  tibbe       |            Owner:
                  Type:  bug         |           Status:  new
              Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:  7.10.1
             Component:  Build       |          Version:  7.7
  System                             |         Keywords:
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Blocked By:
       Type of failure:              |  Related Tickets:  #8667
  None/Unknown                       |
             Test Case:              |
              Blocking:              |
Differential Revisions:              |
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Changes (by jyrinx):

 * status:  closed => new
 * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 As far as I can tell, the `-r` option isn't working:


 {{{
 $ ./sync-all -r git://github.com/ghc get
 == running git config core.ignorecase true
 == running git submodule init
 == running git submodule update
 Cloning into 'libffi-tarballs'...
 Username for 'https://github.com': lukemaurer
 Password for 'https://lukemaurer@github.com':
 remote: Repository not found.
 fatal: repository 'https://github.com/lukemaurer/libffi-tarballs.git/' not
 found
 Clone of 'https://github.com/lukemaurer/libffi-tarballs.git' into
 submodule path 'libffi-tarballs' failed
 git failed: 256 at ./sync-all line 112.
 == Checking for old haddock repo
 == Checking for old binary repo
 == Checking for old mtl repo
 == Checking for old Cabal repo
 == Checking for old time from tarball
 == Checking for obsolete Git repository URL
 }}}

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