clone: allow to clone from .git file

[git.git] / builtin / clone.c

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 8560cf8572a1e4786ae4593c21c0e9d3a5d9d6e8..ec57f3dbe4a629b502f7c9e60f89244ef446af4f 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -101,9 +101,26 @@ static char *get_repo_path(const char *repo, int *is_bundle)
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(suffix); i++) {
                const char *path;
                path = mkpath("%s%s", repo, suffix[i]);
-               if (is_directory(path)) {
+               if (stat(path, &st))
+                       continue;
+               if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
                        *is_bundle = 0;
                        return xstrdup(absolute_path(path));
+               } else if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode) && st.st_size > 8) {
+                       /* Is it a "gitfile"? */
+                       char signature[8];
+                       int len, fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+                       if (fd < 0)
+                               continue;
+                       len = read_in_full(fd, signature, 8);
+                       close(fd);
+                       if (len != 8 || strncmp(signature, "gitdir: ", 8))
+                               continue;
+                       path = read_gitfile(path);
+                       if (path) {
+                               *is_bundle = 0;
+                               return xstrdup(absolute_path(path));
+                       }
                }
        }
 
@@ -417,7 +434,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        if (path)
                repo = xstrdup(absolute_path(repo_name));
        else if (!strchr(repo_name, ':'))
-               die("repository '%s' does not exist", repo_name);
+               die(_("repository '%s' does not exist"), repo_name);
        else
                repo = repo_name;
        is_local = path && !is_bundle;