Cloning local git repositories

Question

I'm having a strange issue when trying to clone a local repository on a build server.

My repository lets say is at /opt/git/repos/my_repo.git

Doing a git clone /opt/git/repos/my_repo.git is very fast

However if I edit my .gitconfig

Add the following:

[url "/opt/git/repos/"]
    insteadOf = "gitserver:"

Then try:

git clone gitserver:my_repo.git this is very slow

UPDATE:

The flag --local or -l have no effect. Git seems to default to a remote repository.

In fact it treats the gitserver: alias as a remote git server. Does any have a workaround for this issue? Thanks!

Answer 1

Just a guess, it may be trying to lookup "/opt/git/repos" in DNS. Perhaps try [url file:///opt/git/repos/] . Still might not work though if it's actually trying to lookup gitserver instead. You also may want to use the --local flag.