clone: Allow repo using gitfile as a reference

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index f9c380eb6c536b657ddc65b88f6839ec761f7f25..58fee9874f0fea4ed52acf31f757268be5383267 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -232,16 +232,26 @@ static void strip_trailing_slashes(char *dir)
 static int add_one_reference(struct string_list_item *item, void *cb_data)
 {
        char *ref_git;
+       const char *repo;
        struct strbuf alternate = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-       /* Beware: real_path() and mkpath() return static buffer */
+       /* Beware: read_gitfile(), real_path() and mkpath() return static buffer */
        ref_git = xstrdup(real_path(item->string));
-       if (is_directory(mkpath("%s/.git/objects", ref_git))) {
+
+       repo = read_gitfile(ref_git);
+       if (!repo)
+               repo = read_gitfile(mkpath("%s/.git", ref_git));
+       if (repo) {
+               free(ref_git);
+               ref_git = xstrdup(repo);
+       }
+
+       if (!repo && is_directory(mkpath("%s/.git/objects", ref_git))) {
                char *ref_git_git = mkpathdup("%s/.git", ref_git);
                free(ref_git);
                ref_git = ref_git_git;
        } else if (!is_directory(mkpath("%s/objects", ref_git)))
-               die(_("reference repository '%s' is not a local directory."),
+               die(_("reference repository '%s' is not a local repository."),
                    item->string);
 
        strbuf_addf(&alternate, "%s/objects", ref_git);