+GIT URLS[[URLS]]
+----------------
+
One of the following notations can be used
to name the remote repository:
-+
+
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- rsync://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
- http://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
- https://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
- git://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
- git://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
-- ssh://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
-- ssh://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
-- ssh://host.xz/~/path/to/repo.git
+- ssh://{startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz{startsb}:port{endsb}/path/to/repo.git/
+- ssh://{startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- ssh://{startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
+- ssh://{startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz/~/path/to/repo.git
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-+
-SSH Is the default transport protocol and also supports an
-scp-like syntax. Both syntaxes support username expansion,
-as does the native git protocol. The following three are
-identical to the last three above, respectively:
-+
+
+SSH is the default transport protocol over the network. You can
+optionally specify which user to log-in as, and an alternate,
+scp-like syntax is also supported. Both syntaxes support
+username expansion, as does the native git protocol, but
+only the former supports port specification. The following
+three are identical to the last three above, respectively:
+
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-- host.xz:/path/to/repo.git/
-- host.xz:~user/path/to/repo.git/
-- host.xz:path/to/repo.git
+- {startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz:/path/to/repo.git/
+- {startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz:~user/path/to/repo.git/
+- {startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz:path/to/repo.git
===============================================================
-+
-To sync with a local directory, use:
-+
+
+To sync with a local directory, you can use:
+
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- /path/to/repo.git/
+- file:///path/to/repo.git/
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-+
-In addition to the above, as a short-hand, the name of a
-file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory can be given; the
-named file should be in the following format:
-+
- URL: one of the above URL format
- Push: <refspec>
- Pull: <refspec>
-+
-When such a short-hand is specified in place of
-<repository> without <refspec> parameters on the command
-line, <refspec> specified on `Push:` lines or `Pull:`
-lines are used for `git-push` and `git-fetch`/`git-pull`,
-respectively. Multiple `Push:` and and `Pull:` lines may
-be specified for additional branch mappings.
-+
-The name of a file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory can be
-specified as an older notation short-hand; the named
-file should contain a single line, a URL in one of the
-above formats, optionally followed by a hash `#` and the
-name of remote head (URL fragment notation).
-`$GIT_DIR/branches/<remote>` file that stores a <url>
-without the fragment is equivalent to have this in the
-corresponding file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes/` directory.
-+
- URL: <url>
- Pull: refs/heads/master:<remote>
-+
-while having `<url>#<head>` is equivalent to
-+
- URL: <url>
- Pull: refs/heads/<head>:<remote>
+
+They are mostly equivalent, except when cloning. See
+gitlink:git-clone[1] for details.