Re: git doesn't append ".git" to url WAS [PATCH 0/3] http*: refactor fetching code (v2)

From: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Date: May 21, 2009, 14:17 UTC
Message-ID: <be6fef0d0905210717j174499f5k4740dc2f821bec62@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> wrote:

> On this topic, some of my friends have complained that git doesn't
> automatically try appending .git to a URL when it fails to find a
> bare git repository on the server.

are your friends hosting non-bare repositories directly (with checked-out copies)? In the first place, this isn't a good idea; please refer to

 http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#def_bare_repository

and

 http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2009/1/30/4852194

for reasons why.

-- 
Cheers,
Ray Chuan