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From:   "Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
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Subject: RE: [bug] Cloning SSH repo into /tmp
Date:   Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:55:31 -0400
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On October 22, 2020 6:28 AM, Adrien Berchet wrote:
> I encountered a quite weird bug when I tried to clone a repository into the
> /tmp folder (I just wanted to test something, so I was working in /tmp).
> 
> I run the following command in /tmp :
>     git clone ssh://[user]@[host]/project/[project_name]
> and I got the following error:
>     fatal: the protocol '/tmp/ssh' is not supported
> 
> I got the same result if a run the following command from /tmp directory:
>     git clone ssh://[user]@[host]/project/[project_name] /tmp/project_name
> 
> Nevertheless, the command works in other directories. Even the second
> command works when run from another directory (this command: git clone
> ssh://[user]@[host]/project/[project_name] /tmp/project_name).
> 
> It is very specific and can easily be worked around so it is no big deal but I
> preferred reporting this in case it hides something else.

What platform are you running on? I have experienced similar when /tmp is linked to a separate file system with complex ACLs.

Regards,
Randall

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