"git clone /foo/bar:baz" or "git clone ../foo/bar:baz" are meant to clone from the local file system, and not to clone from a remote server over git-over-ssh. Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> --- connect.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c index a80ebd3..b382032 100644 --- a/connect.c +++ b/connect.c @@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url_orig, end = host; path = strchr(end, c); - if (path && !has_dos_drive_prefix(end)) { + if (path && !has_dos_drive_prefix(end) && + url[0] != '/' && url[0] != '.' ) { if (c == ':') { if (path < strchrnul(host, '/')) { protocol = PROTO_SSH; -- 1.8.4.457.g424cb08 -- 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