Cocoapods: Failed to connect to GitHub to update t

Question

When running pod repo update the following error is generated:

Updating spec repo `master`
[!] Failed to connect to GitHub to update the CocoaPods/Specs specs repo - Please check if you are offline, or that GitHub is down

Using cocoapods 1.0.1

I'm also aware of this: Master spec-repo rate limiting post‑mortem.

Adding --verbose flag to the call shows the ruby call stack:

.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods-core/github.rb:100:in `modified_since_commit'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods-core/master_source.rb:32:in `requires_update?'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods-core/master_source.rb:14:in `update'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:88:in `block (2 levels) in update'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:63:in `section'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:87:in `block in update'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:86:in `each'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:86:in `update'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/command/repo/update.rb:23:in `run'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/claide-1.0.0/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:50:in `run'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/pod:23:in `load'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval'
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>'

Can't find any way to workaround this and cannot run the project.

Answer 1

This worked for me:

1. Remove Podfile.lock
2. Run pod install

Answer 2

For me the below commands fixed the issue

Removing cocoapods from mac

 sudo gem uninstall cocoapods

Installing cocoapods on mac

sudo gem install cocoapods

Answer 3

1. Remove all of cocoapods package. ^{See here for information on how to do this.}

2. Then reinstall cocoapods. $ sudo gem install cocoapods