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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-02-24 22:25:04 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-02-24 22:34:13 -0800
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url rewriting: take longest and first match
Earlier we had a cop-out in the documentation to make the behaviour "undefined" if configuration had more than one insteadOf that would match the target URL, like this: [url "git://git.or.cz/"] insteadOf = "git.or.cz:" ; (1) insteadOf = "repo.or.cz:" ; (2) [url "/local/mirror/"] insteadOf = "git.or.cz:myrepo" ; (3) insteadOf = "repo.or.cz:" ; (4) It would be most natural to take the longest and first match, i.e. - rewrite "git.or.cz:frotz" to "git://git.or.cz/frotz" by using (1), - rewrite "git.or.cz:myrepo/xyzzy" to "/local/mirror/xyzzy" by favoring (3) over (1), and - rewrite "repo.or.cz:frotz" to "git://git.or.cz/frotz" by favoring (2) over (4). Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -894,9 +894,8 @@ url.<base>.insteadOf::
methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
equivalent URLs and have git automatically rewrite the URL to
the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
- never-before-seen repository on the site. The effect of
- having multiple `insteadOf` values from different
- `<base>` match to an URL is undefined.
+ never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
+ insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
user.email::
Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.