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 `ripgrep` compiles with Rust 1.9 (stable) or newer. Building is easy:
 
 ```
-$ git clone git://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
+$ git clone https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
 $ cd ripgrep
 $ cargo build --release
 $ ./target/release/rg --version