git clone+pull from a different repo on the same machine: Can i specify a filesystem path, or will it still only work with a ssh path?

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The title pretty much covers the question. I actually had to generate an ssh key in order to get the local-checkout going. Something like this: git clone ec2-user@localhost:/home/ec2-user/local_bare_repo.git local_normal_repo

According to git doc,

<repository> The "remote" repository that is the source of a fetch or pull operation. This parameter can be either a URL (see the section GIT URLS below) or the name of a remote (see the section REMOTES below).

http://stackoverflow.com/a/2520121/1434136 – chrisbulmer Apr 02 '13 at 15:05 — chrisbulmer, Apr 02 '13 at 15:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 02 '13 at 15:06

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If you're already looking at the docs, why didn't you read the section on "Git URLs" as referred in your quote?

For local repositories, also supported by Git natively, the following syntaxes may be used:
/path/to/repo.git/
file:///path/to/repo.git/

answered Apr 02 '13 at 15:06

Nevik Rehnel

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git clone+pull from a different repo on the same machine: Can i specify a filesystem path, or will it still only work with a ssh path?

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