What use is the *.git extension when cloning a git repo from SSH?

Question

Commonly seen on GitHub and here on SO ( Import existing source code to GitHub ):

git@github.com:/youruser/somename.git vs git@github.com:/youruser/somename

I accidentally added a git remote without the *.git extension and it worked fine. I only noticed it after pushing up a new branch.

Is there any need for the *.git extension?

Answer 1

不，您可以跳过.git ：git存储库托管服务（在GitHub上，但是您与gitolite，GitLab或Gitorious会发现相同）通常知道如何仅从名称中查找完整的存储库路径（不带.git 。 ）