to name the remote repository:
+
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-- Rsync URL: rsync://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
-- HTTP(s) URL: http://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
-- git URL: git://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
-- ssh URL: remote.machine:/path/to/repo.git/
-- Local directory: /path/to/repo.git/
+- rsync://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- http://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- https://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- git://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- ssh://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- ssh://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
+- ssh://host.xz/~/path/to/repo.git
+===============================================================
++
+ SSH Is the default transport protocol and also supports an
+ scp-like syntax. Both syntaxes support username expansion.
+ The following three are identical to the last three above,
+ respectively:
++
+===============================================================
+- host.xz:/path/to/repo.git/
+- host.xz:~user/path/to/repo.git/
+- host.xz:path/to/repo.git
+===============================================================
++
+ To sync with a local directory, use:
+
+===============================================================
+- /path/to/repo.git/
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+
In addition to the above, as a short-hand, the name of a