RE: SSH port ignored when ssh:// prefix isn't specified

[Randall S. Becker]

On December 10, 2017 3:24 PM Mahmoud wrote:

>It appears that for non-standard ports to be specified for ssh-based
clones/checkouts, the leading "ssh://" prefix must
>be applied. I am unsure if there's a reason for this or if it is simply an
overlooked idiosyncrasy in the parser.

>Basically, while `git clone ssh://g...@example.com:/path` works, the
same with the `ssh://` prefix doesn't,
>and attempts to establish a connection to port 22 instead: `git clone
g...@example.com:/path` (I'm not
>sure what it will do with the `:` should the connection actually
succeed).

Git is attempting to resolve the repository "/path" as it's default
behaviour since the ssh method is not specified. This is a situation where
the default is ambiguous so while git is choosing the ssh method, it is also
choosing repository resolution after the ':' which is also default
behaviour.

Cheers,
Randall

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Re: SSH port ignored when ssh:// prefix isn't specified

[Matthieu Moy]

"mqu...@neosmart.net"  writes:

> Basically, while `git clone ssh://g...@example.com:/path` works, the same
> with the `ssh://` prefix doesn't, and attempts to establish a connection to
> port 22 instead: `git clone g...@example.com:/path` (I'm not sure what it
> will do with the `:` should the connection actually succeed).


I don't see a simple way to distinguish between "I want to connect to
port 22 and access directory /path" and "I want to connect to port
 and access directory path". So Git chose for you the first option
(if you replace  with abcd, it clearly makes sense).

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