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diff --git a/Documentation/urls.txt b/Documentation/urls.txt index 64dae20b00..9ccb24677e 100644 --- a/Documentation/urls.txt +++ b/Documentation/urls.txt @@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ An alternative scp-like syntax may also be used with the ssh protocol: - {startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz:path/to/repo.git/ +This syntax is only recognized if there are no slashes before the +first colon. This helps differentiate a local path that contains a +colon. For example the local path `foo:bar` could be specified as an +absolute path or `./foo:bar` to avoid being misinterpreted as an ssh +url. + The ssh and git protocols additionally support ~username expansion: - ssh://{startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz{startsb}:port{endsb}/~{startsb}user{endsb}/path/to/repo.git/ |