From: Miklos Vajna Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:06:06 GMT Subject: Re: URL Syntax Question Message-ID: <20080401090606.GD3264@genesis.frugalware.org> In-Reply-To: <7vej9qgl44.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:11:39PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Personally, I'd prefer the scp syntax, which tends to be shorter and > sweeter, though: > > host.xz:path/in/my/home/directory/repo.git > host.xz:/absolute/path/to/repo.git Same here, but it seems I'm forced to use ssh:// if there is a custom port: ssh://host:2222/home/vmiklos/git/repo works fine, but I can't omit ssh:// nor the absolute path. Not sure if this is intentional or a bug.