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Re: git clone git clone some://url

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 4, 2019, 21:40 UTC
Message-ID
<20191204214017.GA195537@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20191119141537.GD18924@msg.df7cb.de>
Hi,
Christoph Berg wrote:
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> On some git hosting sites [*], if you copy the repository URL, you'll
> actually get "git clone some://url" in the cut buffer. When you then
> proceed to do "git clone <paste>" in the next terminal window, the
> command executed is actually this:
>
> $ git clone git clone some://url
> fatal: Too many arguments.

I feel your pain. Is there an issue tracker post or support ticket open for some of these hosting sites to make it do the intuitive thing (just copy the URL) instead?

Thanks, Jonathan

> [*] hello sourceforge! example:
>     https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/wsjtx/ci/master/tree/
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  2. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2019
  3. Christoph BergNov 20, 2019
  4. Danh DoanNov 21, 2019
  5. Denton LiuNov 20, 2019
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2019
  7. Jonathan NiederDec 4, 2019
  8. Christoph BergDec 5, 2019

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