RE: SSH port ignored when ssh:// prefix isn't specified

From: Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date: Dec 10, 2017, 21:42 UTC
Message-ID: <000a01d371ff$c2aca590$4805f0b0$@nexbridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <0101016042190a3b-091dfab3-e010-4fbe-94e7-739ae3090883-000000@us-west-2.amazonses.com>

On December 10, 2017 3:24 PM Mahmoud wrote:

>It appears that for non-standard ports to be specified for ssh-based

clones/checkouts, the leading "ssh://" prefix must

>be applied. I am unsure if there's a reason for this or if it is simply an

overlooked idiosyncrasy in the parser.

>Basically, while `git clone ssh://git@example.com:2222/path` works, the

same with the `ssh://` prefix doesn't,

>and attempts to establish a connection to port 22 instead: `git clone

git@example.com:2222/path` (I'm not

>sure what it will do with the `:2222` should the connection actually

succeed).

Git is attempting to resolve the repository "2222/path" as it's default behaviour since the ssh method is not specified. This is a situation where the default is ambiguous so while git is choosing the ssh method, it is also choosing repository resolution after the ':' which is also default behaviour.

Cheers, Randall

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