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1 files changed, 34 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/urls.txt b/Documentation/urls.txt index e67f9140ab..5355ebc0f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/urls.txt +++ b/Documentation/urls.txt @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ to name the remote repository: =============================================================== - rsync://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/ -- http://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/ -- https://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/ -- git://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/ -- git://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/ +- http://host.xz{startsb}:port{endsb}/path/to/repo.git/ +- https://host.xz{startsb}:port{endsb}/path/to/repo.git/ +- git://host.xz{startsb}:port{endsb}/path/to/repo.git/ +- git://host.xz{startsb}:port{endsb}/~user/path/to/repo.git/ - ssh://{startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz{startsb}:port{endsb}/path/to/repo.git/ - ssh://{startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz/path/to/repo.git/ - ssh://{startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/ @@ -36,5 +36,34 @@ To sync with a local directory, you can use: - file:///path/to/repo.git/ =============================================================== +ifndef::git-clone[] They are mostly equivalent, except when cloning. See -gitlink:git-clone[1] for details. +linkgit:git-clone[1] for details. +endif::git-clone[] + +ifdef::git-clone[] +They are equivalent, except the former implies --local option. +endif::git-clone[] + + +If there are a large number of similarly-named remote repositories and +you want to use a different format for them (such that the URLs you +use will be rewritten into URLs that work), you can create a +configuration section of the form: + +------------ + [url "<actual url base>"] + insteadOf = <other url base> +------------ + +For example, with this: + +------------ + [url "git://git.host.xz/"] + insteadOf = host.xz:/path/to/ + insteadOf = work: +------------ + +a URL like "work:repo.git" or like "host.xz:/path/to/repo.git" will be +rewritten in any context that takes a URL to be "git://git.host.xz/repo.git". + |