Subject: Re: git clone git clone some://url

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 13:40:17 -0800

Hi,

Christoph Berg wrote:

> On some git hosting sites [*], if you copy the repository URL, you'll
> actually get "git clone some://url" in the cut buffer. When you then
> proceed to do "git clone <paste>" in the next terminal window, the
> command executed is actually this:
>
> $ git clone git clone some://url
> fatal: Too many arguments.

I feel your pain.  Is there an issue tracker post or support ticket
open for some of these hosting sites to make it do the intuitive thing
(just copy the URL) instead?

Thanks,
Jonathan

> [*] hello sourceforge! example:
>     https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/wsjtx/ci/master/tree/