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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-06-04 09:55:45 +0900
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-06-04 09:55:45 +0900
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tree7cd3f1eec3d8dd6a1aa203739fd6e1c0cb35b993 /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'ah/doc-rev-parse-short-default' (diff)
parentdocs/config: mention protocol implications of url.insteadOf (diff)
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Merge branch 'jk/url-insteadof-config'
The interaction of "url.*.insteadOf" and custom URL scheme's whitelisting is now documented better. * jk/url-insteadof-config: docs/config: mention protocol implications of url.insteadOf
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 3256a33448..dd4beec39d 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -3236,6 +3236,13 @@ url.<base>.insteadOf::
the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
++
+Note that any protocol restrictions will be applied to the rewritten
+URL. If the rewrite changes the URL to use a custom protocol or remote
+helper, you may need to adjust the `protocol.*.allow` config to permit
+the request. In particular, protocols you expect to use for submodules
+must be set to `always` rather than the default of `user`. See the
+description of `protocol.allow` above.
url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;