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diff --git a/doc/manual.cli b/doc/manual.cli index 16485df..5e2effe 100644 --- a/doc/manual.cli +++ b/doc/manual.cli @@ -1110,7 +1110,12 @@ already know the location of the base repository.} If the location is a relative path, then it is treated as relative to the base repository location. For the \cb{git} repository type the relative location does not inherit the -URL fragment from the base repository. +URL fragment from the base repository. Note also that the remote \cb{git} +repository locations normally have the \cb{.git} extension that is stripped +when a repository is cloned locally. To make the relative locations usable in +both contexts, the \cb{.git} extension should be ignored if the local +prerequisite repository with the extension does not exist while the one +without the extension does. For the \cb{dir} repository type the relative location may also contain the URL fragment to make the same repository information usable in case the base |