# [PATCH] Documentation/urls: Add <transport>::<address> syntax

2 messages from 2010-03-29 to 2010-03-29. Participants: Ramkumar Ramachandra, Ilari Liusvaara.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/23236

## Ramkumar Ramachandra, 2010-03-29 15:10

Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/urls: Add <transport>::<address> syntax
Message-ID: <f3271551003290810u4edbbbd0x2432bc7411333800@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/f3271551003290810u4edbbbd0x2432bc7411333800%40mail.gmail.com

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Add <transport>::<address> syntax for explicitly invoking a remote
helper.
---
 Documentation/urls.txt |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/urls.txt b/Documentation/urls.txt
index 459a394..041cbfe 100644
--- a/Documentation/urls.txt
+++ b/Documentation/urls.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ To sync with a local directory, you can use:
 - /path/to/repo.git/
 - file:///path/to/repo.git/

+To explicity request a remote helper for a certain transport protocol,
+you can use:
+
+- <transport>::path/to/repo.git
+
 ifndef::git-clone[]
 They are mostly equivalent, except when cloning.  See
 linkgit:git-clone[1] for details.
-- 
1.7.0.3

```

## Ilari Liusvaara, 2010-03-29 16:01

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/urls: Add <transport>::<address> syntax
Message-ID: <20100329160148.GB31829@LK-Perkele-V2.elisa-laajakaista.fi>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100329160148.GB31829%40LK-Perkele-V2.elisa-laajakaista.fi
In-Reply-To: <f3271551003290810u4edbbbd0x2432bc7411333800@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 08:40:07PM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Add <transport>::<address> syntax for explicitly invoking a remote
> helper.
> ---
>  Documentation/urls.txt |    5 +++++
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/urls.txt b/Documentation/urls.txt
> index 459a394..041cbfe 100644
> --- a/Documentation/urls.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/urls.txt
> @@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ To sync with a local directory, you can use:
>  - /path/to/repo.git/
>  - file:///path/to/repo.git/
> 
> +To explicity request a remote helper for a certain transport protocol,
> +you can use:
> +
> +- <transport>::path/to/repo.git
> +

Except that what follows <transport>:: part depends on remote helper. For
some helpers it may be a path. And for such helpers, it probably won't
be git repository (so no .git ending). For other helpers, it might be
server and path. Or something even more exotic.

-Ilari

```