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diff --git a/Documentation/urls.txt b/Documentation/urls.txt index 745f9677d0..b38145faff 100644 --- a/Documentation/urls.txt +++ b/Documentation/urls.txt @@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ to name the remote repository: - ssh://{startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz/~/path/to/repo.git =============================================================== -SSH is the default transport protocol. You can optionally specify -which user to log-in as, and an alternate, scp-like syntax is also -supported. Both syntaxes support username expansion, -as does the native git protocol. The following three are -identical to the last three above, respectively: +SSH is the default transport protocol over the network. You can +optionally specify which user to log-in as, and an alternate, +scp-like syntax is also supported. Both syntaxes support +username expansion, as does the native git protocol. The following +three are identical to the last three above, respectively: =============================================================== - {startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz:/path/to/repo.git/ @@ -27,62 +27,12 @@ identical to the last three above, respectively: - {startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz:path/to/repo.git =============================================================== -To sync with a local directory, use: +To sync with a local directory, you can use: =============================================================== - /path/to/repo.git/ +- file:///path/to/repo.git/ =============================================================== -REMOTES -------- - -In addition to the above, as a short-hand, the name of a -file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory can be given; the -named file should be in the following format: - ------------- - URL: one of the above URL format - Push: <refspec> - Pull: <refspec> - ------------- - -Then such a short-hand is specified in place of -<repository> without <refspec> parameters on the command -line, <refspec> specified on `Push:` lines or `Pull:` -lines are used for `git-push` and `git-fetch`/`git-pull`, -respectively. Multiple `Push:` and `Pull:` lines may -be specified for additional branch mappings. - -Or, equivalently, in the `$GIT_DIR/config` (note the use -of `fetch` instead of `Pull:`): - ------------- - [remote "<remote>"] - url = <url> - push = <refspec> - fetch = <refspec> - ------------- - -The name of a file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory can be -specified as an older notation short-hand; the named -file should contain a single line, a URL in one of the -above formats, optionally followed by a hash `#` and the -name of remote head (URL fragment notation). -`$GIT_DIR/branches/<remote>` file that stores a <url> -without the fragment is equivalent to have this in the -corresponding file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes/` directory. - ------------- - URL: <url> - Pull: refs/heads/master:<remote> - ------------- - -while having `<url>#<head>` is equivalent to - ------------- - URL: <url> - Pull: refs/heads/<head>:<remote> ------------- +They are mostly equivalent, except when cloning. See +gitlink:git-clone[1] for details. |