From: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 21:11:38 GMT
Subject: Re: url.<base>.insteadOf and git-clone
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.00.0805081707570.19665@iabervon.org>
In-Reply-To: <48232158.6090708@tordek.com.ar>

On Thu, 8 May 2008, Guillermo O. Freschi wrote:

> Nearly gone insane about this: adding a configuration like
> [url "ssh://example.com/foo"]
>     insteadOf = foo:
> 
> works for git-fetch and git-pull (of what I've tested), but does not on git-clone (As of version 1.5.5.GIT).
> 
> Given that this config appears on the git-clone manpage, am I to assume it's a bug?

At this point, it's a documentation bug; it's a new feature for programs 
other than clone that will eventually be supported in clone but is not 
yet. The documentation makes the currently-overly-optimistic assumption 
that clone supports all of the common stuff.

	-Daniel
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