2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.setup.inc b/Makefile.setup.inc
index ef498e9b..0384a097 100644
--- a/Makefile.setup.inc
+++ b/Makefile.setup.inc
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ help.lua util.lua index.lua cache.lua refresh_cache.lua loader.lua \
 admin_remove.lua fetch/hg.lua fetch/git_file.lua new_version.lua lint.lua \
 purge.lua path.lua path_cmd.lua write_rockspec.lua doc.lua upload.lua \
 upload/api.lua upload/multipart.lua fetch/git_http.lua fetch/hg_http.lua \
-fetch/hg_https.lua fetch/hg_ssh.lua
+fetch/hg_https.lua fetch/hg_ssh.lua fetch/git_https.lua
 
diff --git a/src/luarocks/fetch/git_https.lua b/src/luarocks/fetch/git_https.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67f8ad6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/luarocks/fetch/git_https.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- Fetch back-end for retrieving sources from Git repositories
+-- that use https:// transport. For example, for fetching a repository
+-- that requires the following command line:
+-- `git clone https://example.com/foo.git`
+-- you can use this in the rockspec:
+-- source = { url = "git+https://example.com/foo.git" }
+return require "luarocks.fetch.git_http"