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-rw-r--r--builtin/clone.c16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index f9c380eb6c..58fee9874f 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -232,16 +232,26 @@ static void strip_trailing_slashes(char *dir)
static int add_one_reference(struct string_list_item *item, void *cb_data)
{
char *ref_git;
+ const char *repo;
struct strbuf alternate = STRBUF_INIT;
- /* Beware: real_path() and mkpath() return static buffer */
+ /* Beware: read_gitfile(), real_path() and mkpath() return static buffer */
ref_git = xstrdup(real_path(item->string));
- if (is_directory(mkpath("%s/.git/objects", ref_git))) {
+
+ repo = read_gitfile(ref_git);
+ if (!repo)
+ repo = read_gitfile(mkpath("%s/.git", ref_git));
+ if (repo) {
+ free(ref_git);
+ ref_git = xstrdup(repo);
+ }
+
+ if (!repo && is_directory(mkpath("%s/.git/objects", ref_git))) {
char *ref_git_git = mkpathdup("%s/.git", ref_git);
free(ref_git);
ref_git = ref_git_git;
} else if (!is_directory(mkpath("%s/objects", ref_git)))
- die(_("reference repository '%s' is not a local directory."),
+ die(_("reference repository '%s' is not a local repository."),
item->string);
strbuf_addf(&alternate, "%s/objects", ref_git);