We can only initialize local repositories, so bail out immediately if the user tries to specify a remote repository. --- builtin/init-db.c | 7 ++++++- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c index 9d4886c..f80ff08 100644 --- a/builtin/init-db.c +++ b/builtin/init-db.c @@ -435,7 +435,12 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) int mkdir_tried = 0; retry: if (chdir(argv[0]) < 0) { - if (!mkdir_tried) { + if (is_url(argv[0]) || strchr(argv[0], '@') != NULL || (strchr(argv[0], ':') != NULL && !has_dos_drive_prefix(argv[0]))) { + /* + * We were passed a remote repository specification. + */ + die("Cannot initialize remote repository '%s'", argv[0]); + } else if (!mkdir_tried) { int saved; /* * At this point we haven't read any configuration, -- 1.7.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html