From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:07:33 GMT
Subject: Re: How can I specify a non-standard TCP port for a git+ssh connection?
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0512020805480.3099@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051202124801.GA20332@andaco.de>



On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Andreas Jochens wrote:
> 
> is there a simple way to specify a non-standard TCP port for a git+ssh
> connection? 

Use the ".ssh/config" file ;)

> The following small patch would allow to use an URL like 
> 'git+ssh://user@hostname:port/path' to specify an arbitrary 
> port for the ssh connection.

Maybe. On the other hand, I think we'd be better off  with perhaps some 
way to just specify arbitrary options to the "ssh" program. Sometimes you 
might want to specify identity-files etc too.

		Linus