gh repo clone https://github.com/xxx/yyy should respect git_protocol config rather than using the protocol scheme #9026

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   changed the title [-]`gh repo clone https://github.com/xxx/yyy` doesn't respect git_protocol[/-] [+]`gh repo clone https://github.com/xxx/yyy` doesn't respect `git_protocol`[/+] on Apr 30, 2024
4. williammartin commented on Apr 30, 2024

   

   williammartin

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   Hey, thanks for the bug report.

   If you provide the full URL including protocol then that will override your configured git_protocol. I've created a PR here that documents this behaviour: #9030, could you have a look and tell me if it makes sense?
5. alexjurkiewicz commented on Apr 30, 2024

   

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   Thanks William. IMO, the URL form https://github.com/xxx/yyy should respect git_protocol. If you want to explicitly use https protocol, it's possible to use the "real" HTTPS URL, https://github.com/xxx/yyy.git.

   My use case is that I'd like to easily copy and paste URLs from my web browser into my terminal, and have git_protocol respected.
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7. williammartin commented on Apr 30, 2024

   

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   I hear you. That might be a reasonable approach but unfortunately this has been the behaviour since the command was first introduced and changing it would be backwards incompatible.

   The best thing I can suggest is that you use a gh alias like so:

   gh alias set --shell repo-clone 'gh repo clone ${1#https://github.com/}'
   

   This performs a shell parameter expansion to remove https://github.com. Then you can call:

   gh repo-clone https://github.com/xxx/yyy
   

   and it will functionally act as:

   gh repo clone xxx/yyy
   
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   changed the title [-]`gh repo clone https://github.com/xxx/yyy` doesn't respect `git_protocol`[/-] [+]`gh repo clone https://github.com/xxx/yyy` should respect `git_protocol` config rather than using the protocol scheme[/+] on Apr 30, 2024
10. williammartin commented on Apr 30, 2024

    

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    I've updated the title and labels to better reflect your request and updated the docs in #9030 to make it clear what the current behaviour is.