Re: [PATCH 1/2] [RFC] Detect attempts at calling git init specifying a remote repository.

Junio C Hamano:

quoted

--- 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.

Or a directory with ':' in its pathname, no?

Indeed. Don't do that, then :-)

Seriously, though, I tried finding an API that checked if the pathspec is local or remote, but I was unable to. Is there one I should use instead?

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