# create a password manager

            passmgr = urllib.request.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()

            passmgr.add_password(*authinfo)

            handlers.extend((mercurial.url.httpbasicauthhandler(passmgr),

                             mercurial.url.httpdigestauthhandler(passmgr)))

        o = urllib.request.build_opener(*handlers)

        o.addheaders = [('User-Agent', 'git/1.7.8.0')]  # fake some git

        req = urllib.request.Request(

            "%s?%s" % (

                urllib.parse.urlencode({"service": 'git-upload-pack'})

            ))

        try:

            resp = o.open(req)

            if resp.code != 200:

                raise Exception('Return Code is not 200')

        except Exception as e:

            # means it cannot be cloned

            raise urllib.error.URLError("[%s] org_exc: %s" % (cleaned_uri, e))

        # now detect if it's proper git repo